misterwaterfallin

I am returning my S back to stock form in preparation to sell it(yea I know it sucks) and I am having trouble getting the front suspension back together. I put the stock rears on no problem, but it seems like the fronts wont fit. I get the top hats seated and the nuts started, but I can not get the bottom section fit over the A arm, it's like its too long. I would rather not have to disconnect either of the ball joints to get it off, but that looks like my one option. Any help here?

Thanks

robrob

Disconnecting the sway bar will make installing the shocks easier. You can use a breaker bar as a lever to push the suspension down to make room for the shock.

zeroptzero

That is odd, usually it's the rears that are a major pain and require some leverage to get them in, the fronts are very easy.
Did you disconnect the a-arms at the chasis mounting point ?, they need to be disconnected to make the necessary room . Secondly get someone to step on the top of the rotor while you wiggle it in there.

Billman250

Tighten the top hat nut all the way. Its too long to install right now.