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Rubicon Express Spring Spacers

After installing a new bumper, winch, offroad lights and a hi-lift jack I noticed my front was sitting lower than my rear end.

Obviously its a known fact that when you add weight to either the front or rear something's gotta give. Either your springs are going to sag due to weight and your going to live with it or your going to install newer springs to make up for the difference. I decided I only wanted to raise my front end 3/4's of an inch to compensate my Rubicon Express 3.5-inch springs. Luckily there are spacers available to meet my needs. I contacted AllJeep and talked to Wayne and they sent me a pair of front spacers to correct what I considered needing correcting.

Tools: Tools: Optional Time:

13mm socket
13mm wrench
16mm socket
Spring compressor 60 minutes

The optional tools called out above is to compress your passenger side spring if necessary. I found that I needed to use the spring compressor because I could not get the passenger side to flex any more lower than the Drivers side.

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First off place a Hydraulic Jack just under the axle and I like to support the axle with Jack stands just incase.

Remove both of your front wheels

Using a 13mm deep socket on the bottom and a 13mm wrench on top remove both bolts holding your lower shock mount to the axle.

Slide up your shock completely up and out of the way.

Use a 16mm socket and loosen the drivers side spring retention clip. The clip keeps the drivers side spring from flexing and coming unseated.

Keep in mind the clip probably will not come out due to pressure from the spring.

Remove both of your quick disconnects or if you still have stock quick disconnects use a Torx bit and remove the lower portion so the axle

Swing up your disconnects if you have them.

Now Jack up your front axle as high as you can safely and relocate your Jack stands just behind the wheel wells and then slowly lower your front axle so the front axle can droop as much as possible.

This is the Drivers side. As you will note it will sag a lot more than the Passenger side. The front axle will droop so much the spring will practically fall out.

This is what a spring retaining clip looks like. It literally falls out when you flex the spring.

See the spring literally falls out. =)

I like to remove the lower bump stop to pull the spring out a bit easier using a 16mm socket. If you have a stock spring setup you will not have a lower bump stop extension.

Pull out the spring and lower bump stop.

Pull out the upper bump stop.

Use a 16mm socket and pull out the upper bump stop cup.

Slide down the rubber spring cup.

Stack the spring spacer on top of the original rubber spring cup. If you notice the spring spacer has a long neck to fit right into the original spring cup.

Take the spacers like so......

Slide them up on the bumpstop

Now the passenger side was a little more difficult for some reason. I used a spring compressor I rented from Autozone. The spring compressor basically is two hooks with a screw on the bottom. As you twist the screw it tightens up and shrinks the spring.

Be very careful. You do not want the spring unloading on you. When you handle the spring with the compressor installed be very careful and keep it away from your face and body.

Reinstall the spacer in the passenger side and replace springs in both sides. After your done make sure you reinstall the spring clip, shocks, sway bar and finally your tires.

Reconnect and torque the lower shock mounts to 21 flbs
Reconnect your sway bar links and torque to 70 flbs
Reinstall your wheels