When working under a vehicle there are lots of good ideas (the best one is jack stands for safety) but this one is a huge effort saver.
Stuff tends to shift when bolts are removed as suspensions are designed to move. This can lead to difficulty during reassembly. Don't worry. Instead of wearing yourself out trying to muscle parts back into alignment, take advantage of the fact that parts move and use a simple tie-down strap to ratchet parts into alignment.
Had to install a steering stabilizer relocation bracket which required removing a bolt from the lower end of the track bar (the track bar aligns the axle to the chassis).
Bolt removed and here is the problem:
You can see the track bar hole in misalignment with the axle bracket hole.
Here's our hero in this situation:
With the strap making a loop encompassing the bracket (passenger) side of the axle and the opposite side chassis it's a simple matter of tightening (without breaking your back or wearing out your muscles):
Stop when desired alignment is achieved:
And now we have easy and quick reassembly resulting in a happy Jeeper enjoying his pipe in the great outdoors:
Stuff tends to shift when bolts are removed as suspensions are designed to move. This can lead to difficulty during reassembly. Don't worry. Instead of wearing yourself out trying to muscle parts back into alignment, take advantage of the fact that parts move and use a simple tie-down strap to ratchet parts into alignment.
Had to install a steering stabilizer relocation bracket which required removing a bolt from the lower end of the track bar (the track bar aligns the axle to the chassis).
Bolt removed and here is the problem:
You can see the track bar hole in misalignment with the axle bracket hole.
Here's our hero in this situation:
With the strap making a loop encompassing the bracket (passenger) side of the axle and the opposite side chassis it's a simple matter of tightening (without breaking your back or wearing out your muscles):
Stop when desired alignment is achieved:
And now we have easy and quick reassembly resulting in a happy Jeeper enjoying his pipe in the great outdoors:
