Originally Posted by lutzTD

passenger side most of the way off. no spring compressor required. I put a jack under the spindle, removed the shock top bolt, removed the tie rod and swung it forward, removed the rear bottom link, pop the upper ball joint off, then lower the jack slowly and the spring falls out, I will install it in reverse order, the spring catches real nice on the hump in the bottom spring plate. I have also removed the lower control arm bush. total so far, 1.5 hours