Going to juckyard,Post list of tools needed

[93liftedXLT]

i am going ot pull some f150 coil spacers today, and i need to know the list of tools ill need to complete this task, hopefully someone will reply with in the hour,

i have alot of tools,

thanks

 

[410Fortune]

you will need extensions, a few of them for your 1/2" drive, your 1/2" drive and a breaker bar.

the nuts on the top of the coil retainer stud will be7/8" or 3/4" or larger, I am not sure because on the D35 they are metric.

You will need a jack to get the weight of the truck off the coil.

Why dont you just buy them new? they are like $20 ea, the amount of work you are going to go through isnt all that much normally, but in a junk yard it can be a PITA, if you find some......

 

[j602]

The coil retainer nut is HUGE. We had to buy a special wrench just to get it off.

 

[410Fortune]

It might be 1-1/8", 1-1/4", Ford likes to use those sizes
a wrench can be tricky to use through the coil, a socket with a breaker bar and extensions from the top of the coil bucket is how Ford designed it to be removed.

 

[j602]

Tried using a socket w/ an extension, but it didn't work. The wrench is easy. I think it's a 1 1/8. It's ginormous.

 

[DeRocha]

The coil retaining nut is 6pt 28mm Deep (but a 1 1/8" is close enough). Bring some Penetrating oil and some propane to heat up the nut (heating the nut for a minute or 2 will burn off any loctite).

 

[410Fortune]

on the F-150 they used the 28mm?

 

[DeRocha]

on the F-150 they used the 28mm?

My bad...the sizes above are for the Explorer...

 

[410Fortune]

it could very well be the same stud/part number however

 

[93liftedXLT]

The coil retaining nut is 6pt 28mm Deep (but a 1 1/8" is close enough). Bring some Penetrating oil and some propane to heat up the nut (heating the nut for a minute or 2 will burn off any loctite).

Actually your right man, it was a 28mm deep for the nut on the inner coil, i foud a 92 ford f-150 xlt and they spacers looked pretty new, so i went to town, and i had all the right TOOL's, Thanks to you guys

the dealership wanted 25 a piece...ehh i got these for 8 bucks.. and 45 mins later,

we put them on the 1991 ford ranger single cab, v6 4x4 ,

Huge difforence,

Before SOA stock, with 1 inch block, stock front end with stock crap rims and tires


After 2'' spacers in front with 15x8 crawlers with some 31x10.50x15 tires, looks prety good for Budget lift for a pretty stock ranger, ill post before and after pics tomarrow,

 

[j602]

Pics!

 

[Diff Whack Daddy]

I always used a 1 1/8" wrench with a pipe or another wrench for leverage. Those things are a PITA to break loose.

 

[93liftedXLT]

Actually your right man, it was a 28mm deep for the nut on the inner coil, i foud a 92 ford f-150 xlt and they spacers looked pretty new, so i went to town, and i had all the right TOOL's, Thanks to you guys

the dealership wanted 25 a piece...ehh i got these for 8 bucks.. and 45 mins later,

we put them on the 1991 ford ranger single cab, v6 4x4 ,

Huge difforence,

Before SOA stock, with 1 inch block, stock front end with stock crap rims and tires


After 2'' spacers in front with 15x8 crawlers with some 31x10.50x15 tires, looks prety good for Budget lift for a pretty stock ranger, ill post before and afterUPDATED ,

BEFORE

AFTER

 

[410Fortune]

they are a 1-5/8" lift over stock
Nice JOB!!!

I have a set of those suckers somewhere, I might just go "up" a little more by using them too.....

 

[93liftedXLT]

they are a 1-5/8" lift over stock
Nice JOB!!!

I have a set of those suckers somewhere, I might just go "up" a little more by using them too.....

Thanks, i do more engine work myself, but this suspension stuff if pretty easy, with the right tools and know how, it only take 15-20 minutes a side

Rock crawling pictures will be up on my explorer and this little ranger, and couple other toyota's after this weekend

Stay tuned..lol