Well after a long day of scratching my head and cussing a bit I got my lift in.

 

(pics will be in a few days it's dark now)

 

Bill straightened me out with which way the fronts went in. I had them backwards. So I broke out the spring compresser and turned the tops so the arrows faced forward.

 

The back was very easy just needed a pry bar and some WD-40.

Back half sits perfect!

 

Front still has a little of \ / going on...so i'm hoping it will run out and get flat like the rear.

 

It's a Bill The Beast I Drive lift. 2" easy-tard lift. nice product just wish i was faster.

 

So we will see how things go when I get home (at dads shop now)

 

Regardless I'm very tired and happy to have my Wagon lifted!!!! :banana:

 

 

-Caleb

The camber should settle out when you drive it around for a few feet, if it doesnt, take some pics of everything so I can troubleshoot it. Get some pics up ASAP!

 

-Bill

oops wrong area...should be in offroad.

 

 

it's settled out a bit but not totally |..| like the rears.....hmmmmm

OK bill,

 

 

I just went a looked again...the camber is in bad shape.... \.../

 

I Dropped the struts down and turned them so the arrow was forward as you said.

 

Lets see.

 

Does it matter that the strut tops have turned this way and that while i was installing the blocks?

 

The front most hole on both sides is where the arrow and words actually are..and the arrow is pointed forward.

 

When i rotated the block i just compressed the spring and used pry bars. So the blocks didn't rotate and get rebolted. Does that matter.

 

Only got stock tires on.. does that matter? shouldn't cause the back is correct camber.

 

Yes Driver is on Driver, and Pass on Pass.

 

When you bolt on the lift blocks it goes on in any holes right? like the old stock front of the strut may be in the back now...(i have asked this a few times here i know) but it's bothering me. If now then how do I tell what the front of the strut top is (stock)

 

 

Thanks

 

 

-Caleb

Edited November 14, 200916 yr by Breeke

Why did you use a spring compressor to rotate the strut tops? They have a bearing in them and are designed to turn... If you have the blocks on the correct sides, with the arrows pointing forward, they should be correct... Let me double check my pics, maybe I mis-labeled them But you should not have to use a spring compressor to rotate the strut top, it should spin freely, because thats what allows the wheels to turn when you steer.

 

Ok, just looked at the pics I took, and I labeled them right, so if you have the arrows pointing to the front of the car, and the one that says driver is on the driver side, then it should be right. You might have messed up the struts when you compressed the springs to rotate the top mount. We had something similar happen on my mom's car when we put new struts in it 2 years ago, except we put the struts on the wrong sides. Needless to say, it didnt work, it had massive camber, and it drove like the knuckles were welded solid to the body.

 

If you could take some pics that would be helpful, but try re-configuring the struts back to the way they were before you rotated the tops.

 

-Bill

Why did you use a spring compressor to rotate the strut tops? They have a bearing in them and are designed to turn... If you have the blocks on the correct sides, with the arrows pointing forward, they should be correct... Let me double check my pics, maybe I mis-labeled them But you should not have to use a spring compressor to rotate the strut top, it should spin freely, because thats what allows the wheels to turn when you steer.

 

Ok, just looked at the pics I took, and I labeled them right, so if you have the arrows pointing to the front of the car, and the one that says driver is on the driver side, then it should be right. You might have messed up the struts when you compressed the springs to rotate the top mount. We had something similar happen on my mom's car when we put new struts in it 2 years ago, except we put the struts on the wrong sides. Needless to say, it didnt work, it had massive camber, and it drove like the knuckles were welded solid to the body.

 

If you could take some pics that would be helpful, but try re-configuring the struts back to the way they were before you rotated the tops.

 

-Bill

 

 

Bill, I used a spring compresser so the studs would clear the body. that way i didn't have to pull the stuts all the way out...i just got some slack and rotated.

I don't think anything is mess up everything is in working order they spin freely.

 

The struts are mounted correctly at the bottom, and if they spin free and have flat tops (meaning they don't spin at an angle) then everything should be in order.

 

On the blocks themselves the front hole (toward the front of car) on driver says driver and the arrow is pointed toward the front. The pass is the same way.

 

I think when I get off work in 10 hrs i'll go back and tear them out again. To reinstall and see what I got going on.

 

I keep wondering if the strut has a "front" as well and maybe I bolted the bolted the blocks on wrong and the "front" of the stut is on the side or something.

 

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

My number is 360 five two zero 7500. I will take any info on this subject and Bill I wouldn't mind talking to you on phone just so we are on the same page.

 

 

Thanks again.

 

-Caleb

 

 

(PS your kits is nice man, I like it alot. Super Beefy!!!!)

Where's the pix?

working 12s this weekend...

 

i'm gonna try to tear into the car agian tonight. Maybe I'll think to grab pics.