need HELP with a daystar 2.5" lift on CRD

gundrted · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:45 pm

i could really use some help .. ok a lot of help. i'm 90% done with my daystar install. and F-en thinging wont go in. i did the rear last night and it was a breeze ( with the help of a spring compressor ).

here is what i have done on the front. went to a local tire shop and had them install the new top plate and bottom spacer. that was the easy part. i have almost got the strut back in but it just will not fit.

righty now i have ther break calipor off, disconnected the sway bar, the steering rod is disconnect, and the lower a-arm moved out (by loosening it and rotating the nut/washer). no matter how i try to get the strut tower in in about 1/2" short. i have tried pushing the u-shaped brached on the bottom of the stut and also connecting it to the lower a-arm and trying to mate the two in the middle. it seems like the back of the spring is coming in contact with the body/sheet metal behind the strut tower.

am i doing something wrong ... did i miss something. i really need to get this to work. my wife is already pissed i'm doing it and it doesnt work and i'm stuck with the lift not installed she will kill me. ok she wont kill me wow will she be really pissed.

any help that anyone can give me will be great. i live near castle rock colorado and will take any help i can get. over the phone, net, or in person.

thanks
ted

ps. i like the new site

skrracing · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:14 pm

Hey Ted, First thing is lossen the top bolts on the new top plate. They should be way loose.

The lower ball joint should also be broke apart.

use a long pry bar between the clevis fork and turn the clevis while pushing down on the lower control arm until you can get a screwdriver or long punch in the clevis and mounting point. once you have done this.

use the long pry bar again to turn the clevis fork the other way and then you will be able to get a bolt started. do not take the lower control arm off. No need to do that at all. once the clevis arms are close you can use a pry bar between the clevis ends and the mounting tab for the sway bar mounting point to pry up the clevis to line up for the bolt. Hope that helps. If needed...drop me an email with your phone4 number or I will give you mine and we can deal with it on the phone. Later...Clint

jnc91 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:52 pm **Posts:** 32

Listen to Clint, he was very helpful to me when I was installing my Frankenlift. The only thing I would add would be to use a tapered pin punch to get the clevis bolt started.

It seems like you will never get the thing back together and suddenly there it is.

USAFCOP · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:57 pm

Well, have you figured it out yet?

If you need help, I could give ya a hand tomorrow. I am down at the Academy. I most likely have the tools if you don't. I have torn my front end apart a lot... (waiting for more parts to do it again)another thing that might help is to use a long persuasion bar (I used the handle from my floor jack)

Anyway, If you need help tomorrow, send me a message and I will give ya a call or you can call me.

BTW, You going wheeling with us next weekend?

Ted

skrracing · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:29 am

You OK man...we are all wanted an update and be sure everything went OK. Let us know. I email ya but did not get anything back. later...Clint

gundrted · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:55 pm

sorry about the late reply. here is what i have been through in the past 2 days.

saturday - worked all day and then posted the frist post for help. i was way to tired to keep working so i waited until sunday to work on it. didnt get to bed until about 12:30am .... that sucked.

sunday - i road a 65 mile bike race and was to tired to work the jeep for the rest of the day. it really kick my but. after working on the jeep on sat and riding sunday my body weas just done. starting getting sick sunday night.

monday - called in sick to work and slept in. very well worty it. got the keep together in 2.5 hours. it looked very sweet. pulled out of the driveway and BANG ... :shock:

i looked again at the font struts and the bottom washer and cushion where missing. i looked in the box and guess what ... i had to extra black spacers. i was so pissed. i called the goodyear shop that did the work and they said to come back in and they would fix it. got there at 12:30 didnt start working on it until 2:30. the the tech went home at 3:00 .... oh my f-ing god. then i look out in the work bay and there are 3 people looking my jeep. i went into the shop and they couldnt get the clevis back in. i grabbed the bar from the back of my keep and showed them how to move it into place. i then helped the tech pull the other one. i left the shop at 6 and have a standing invite if i ever need a second job ... lol

in the end its all done and looks very sweet. i cant thank you guys enough for the help and intruction. i dont think i would have got it done other wise. i did run into one hitch. i couldnt get the front bump stops in. so i'm running with none on one side and the factory one on the other side.... any help on that.

2 questions

whats this post about a crd being lifted 3.5 inches by the daystar. mine sits level but doesnt seen to bad. i have no clicking when i turn and the ride is great. no diff then before the lift. i do need to have the frontend re-alighned.

whats up with the drive this weekend ..

skrracing · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:02 pm

Very cool man. sorry about all the crap you had to go throught to get this done but it is in now and lifted. verry cool. Later...Clint

Fouros · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:05 am

did you use the original struts on your lift or go after market like the rancho?

gundrted · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:26 am

i only have 6500 miles on my crd so i used the factory shocks and struts. i have not topped anything out yet. and i have a pretty good bounce coming out of my driveway.

after having the whole darn thing apart i almost wish i had replaced the front struts but just couldnt see spending the me coin at this time. with my wife back in school the check book is getting a little tight.

awindj · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:31 pm

To your question about the 3.5" lift on the CRD. I think that was mine.

I measured 2" of lift at the axle in the rear and about 3.5" in the front. Let me know how much yours was. This was with the Daystar 2.5 lift.

Trying to understand if I measured wrong to start with or if it really did give more lift than was planned.

gundrted · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:34 pm

you know i never messured the jeep before the lift so i dont have anything to compare it to.

has anyone had issues getting the new front bump stops in. i cant get mine for the life of me. tonight or this weekend i'm going to using a c-clamp and pressing them in.

thoughts ...............

AZScout · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:40 am

I never changed mine (since I didn't have them) and it doesn't seem to be an issue. No noise or anything. You might not have to change them...but, if I would've had them, I would've install them...just in case

Dave

gundrted · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:57 pm

AZScout wrote:

I never changed mine (since I didn't have them) and it doesn't seem to be an issue. No noise or anything. You might not have to change them...but, if I would've had them, I would've install them...just in case

Dave

you wouldnt know know how to get them in would you

need HELP with a daystar 2.5" lift on CRD

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