cant get the LCA and clevis together

[evilmonkey]

I disconnected the clevis and the LCA now Im having a hard time getting back together? The spring is pushing them down to far. Where is the best place to jack it up to be able to get them together to take a little tension off of the spring?

 

[JJsKJ]

Ratchet strap from the other side of the jeep and pull it back together. might be a pic of the process in here somewhere?

 

[evilmonkey]

sorry Im a little bit of a ******** when it comes to mechanics whats ratchet strap

 

[ridenby]

Ratchet strap from the other side of the jeep and pull it back together. might be a pic of the process in here somewhere?

sorry Im a little bit of a ******** when it comes to mechanics whats ratchet strap

Strap like one would use to tie a load down with,asle 5,maybe 6 at autozone,
two work real well to pull clevis into alignment with bolt hole in LCA.
Oh,sometimes it's good to go throw rocks,take a deep breath,zen you know.

 

[evilmonkey]

Is there any other way. I dont have any straps or anothe vehicle to go get any.

 

[kj924]

Do you have help with another set of hands?

I pryed down on the lower control arm with a lever and pushed the clevis toward the motor, then let the lower control arm up slowly...which helped push the lower clevis right into place...put the bolt thru the hole and was done..no ratchet straps.

Are you lifting , or just repairs? Franky..Daystar spacer if you are lifting? It's probably alot harder with one of those seeing as they are higher lifts.

 

[Auberon]

Clevis

Hey evilmonkey. Good advice here so far.

I hope I understand what you are trying to do.

Assuming no spring compressors, or that you have 4 arms,,,do you have a spare hydraulic jack (it wud have to be a porta-power - I'm guessing not) -nip up just enough to creating some friction then create a little directional movement with a decent bar, directionally TAPPING the collar/sheath radially and directionally with a SOFT FACED hammer and if it moves to where you want nip up further. A block of wood tapped on the end grain with a ball-pein hammer in the direction of travel (be VERY CAREFUL)not to marr the surfaces by misdirected hammer blows of any kind......and it is not a steam engine so don't flog it like you would with a flogging spanner (oops showing a bit of age there).

Tuffnol, aluminium, or brass dollies could also be used but be very careful not to marr any of the surfaces.

Remember to push from either side a tiny bit at a time....push, tap, go to opposite side, push , tap and so on. Keep it even.

Please have the vehicle adequately supported.....on rated stands.
Mark (with a graphite based pencil or felt marker your starting point) I don't suggest centre popped reference marks here....also clean well with a wire brush or whatever you can.
I'm NOT suggesting lubricant as you are relying primarily on a tightened collar to provide friction to locate.

Sorry this is hard a technique to describe in writing. Please pay head to the notes about marring surfaces....brutalising is not the answer...finnessing is.

Best of luck

This is a bit like a trail fix.
I wish you well. It is doable but this is the tuff way round.

Please let us know how you get on.
Cheers
Auberon

 

[tommudd]

if you are trying to get the clevis back into where it bolts SPRING COMPRESSORS will do nothing at all, don't need them. Some kind of strap is needed to pull them in if you can't get them. Can't fiqure out why you are having problems? Did you install a Frankenlift or something?

 

[twack]

do you really need 3 threads to ask 1 question

 

[evilmonkey]

sorry about the 3 thread thing I was just flipping out because I had to work in the morning and needed my jeep to run! I ended up disconnecting my LCA and was able to get everything back together. PITA!!!

 

[kj924]

sorry about the 3 thread thing I was just flipping out because I had to work in the morning and needed my jeep to run! I ended up disconnecting my LCA and was able to get everything back together. PITA!!!

Uh...that's alot of work, but a good learning experience I guess. So you took the LCA cam bolts out?