Questions most people probably want to know?

[Austin w]

Ok so I was thinking about someone like me that is just now doing a basic tt/shackles and like a body lift, just some basic stuff and some questions I couldn't find about them so if you could help me out than maybe other people would have them all in one thread and not have to ask.

1 Where do you measure from and to where when you do your TT do make sure you don't do more than 1 and a half inches?

2 How many people will you need to pull down the leaf springs to put new shackles in?

3 How long will my explorer be on jacks?

and last

4 Do I really need new bumper brackets?


Anyway if you guys have any more questions/answers that would help someoen doing these just post em.

Thanks Fellas

 

[Blee1099]

1. I measure from the top of the wheel well down..

2. You can have someone help you pull the leaf down to line up with the shackle or if you have a bottle jack close by, you can use the bottle jack between the leaf spring & the frame to line it up..

3. How long on jacks.. It'll take 30 minutes or more for the shackles and a day or more for a body lift depending on how many problems you may encounter.

4. You do need new bumper brackets to line up the bumper otherwise they'll be 3" lower than the body.

 

[boominXplorer]

probibly an hour for the shackles.. (jack the frame) and well you dont really need a jack for the body lift