And Finally the fun part- at least in my opinion! I let the paint dry a few days and started bolting on the new Control arm shafts, bushings, and Ball joints-All parts were MOOG also. I had more blue and yellow problem solver boxes than I knew what to do with. I wish I had pics of the parts pile at the beginning but that doesn't really matter.
I labeled the camber shims during disassembly so I would know where they belonged. I also installed the top ball joints on the bench. I installed the harder press-fit lower joints while on the truck. Both lower joints snugged up quite nicely so I'm not worried about them working loose.
I know the paint line sticks out and may seem odd, but I'm not in the financial position to clean the whole frame like I would want to. And despite What everyone says, This will NOT be the last time I take the truck apart! there will be time for a true frame-off later
These are my MOOG full height springs compared to what was removed, there is a spacer on the backside of the old spring thats hard to see
The spring install was really easy, I did not use a spring compressor. We installed the spring after bolting the spindle to the top ball joint only. Then we put a floor jack under the end of the arm and gently raised the arm until we could put the nut on the bottom of the spindle. In 10 minutes we had both springs installed. This is also the first look at my McGaughy's 2 1/2" drop spindles.