Yeah I know you take the wheels off later in the instructions, but the first 4 steps are removing the trackbar, then loosen all control arms, then lift, then remove wheels. Seems you cannot do step 2 without doing 3 and 4 first.

 

You can put it on jackstands,take your tires off first then lossen everything,difficult part is when it is back on the ground ,retightening everything.

 

I loosened everything when my jeep was on the jacks, but just make sure it's safely up in the air.

 

When dropping the front axle, the brake lines seem too tight to remove the front coil. How tight is OK?

 

I can't remember if it was the brake lines or the ABS lines that was tough up front. I remember getting the front coils off was easy, getting the new coils on over the extended bump stops was a slight bit tricky.

Do you have a jack under the front axle? If so, I had mine more towards the center of the front axle, so I could push down on either side I was working on.

I think what I ended up doing (vs. renting spring compressors) was to put the bumpstop in the spring, put the spring on, then put a small piece of wood in the spring, then lift the axle up with a jack (which with the help of the small piece of wood, compressed the bumpstop into the hole). Come to think of it, we used some lubricant on the front bump stops too.

 

My problem is more removing the stock springs. I jackstands under the frame, and the jack under the axle. I am dropping the jack, but the brake lines seem too tight to drop it far enough to let the coil fall out. They are very tight. I am afraid to drop it much further

 

Crap, I'm trying to remember what we did, but the front stock springs definitely came out easy!

 

Here is a pic...

 

Is your jack under the front axle towards the center of the axle? (vs. two jacks, each under each side of the axle) That's where we had ours. It's like if you have your jack there and then press down on either side (to get the stock coils out), the axle dips out towards that side and lets up on the other side a bit.

 

My jack is more towards the side I am working on. Passenger Side. I would guess it is too late to move it, because if I drop it the brake lines will snap.