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I did this last fall and I think that I just jacked the truck up and put it on the stands and then pulled the uppers. The upper A arm drops to the stop and can't go any lower. I think I had to pry down on the lower A arm in order to get the ball joint out.


X2 Placing a block or something between the upper A arm and its droop stop will give you more room to work with, but it's really not necessary. If you were installing ball joint spacers on the other hand, it's almost imperative to have enough room to grind/hammer/bend the metal to fit.

This is pretty much edumacational and you should already know this, but don't put the jackstand on the lower control arm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

Oh and don't forget to seperate the BJ from the knuckle before you unbolt it....don't ask <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />

HTH

~R

94 4Runner 3.slow-5spd, 4" coils, 1.5" BJ spacers, 2" BL, 35x12.50 Nitto's, 5.29's with a front Lockrite and a rear Detroit; 250k miles and lots of offroad time...and by offroad I mean on jackstands.