omnitonic
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- Michael
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- 2021 JLU Willys in Sarge Green
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- truck driver
The irony is that leaving the straps on makes it easier to install shocks in the wrong locations. Not that it would have helped, because I probably still had the idea in my head that longer stuff goes up front. I don't really remember my entire thought process during the install. I was scratching my head at crappy directions while racing the sun and the rain.when i had to do something like that (i cut the straps before i got the shock bolted up. only on one, i learn quickly) i just used the not-completely-useless scissor jack to compress the shock enough to slip the bolt in.
Anyway, yes, a jack can be very helpful in compressing a shock. I just didn't want to fish out the jack, so I did it the hard way.