Question for those who installed their own springs

I don't have a lift so I'm using a floor jack and jack stands. I have one side of the car (driver side) on jack stands so that both the front and the rear wheel are off the ground. For the rear spring, I can't seem to get the sub frame to drop enough to get the spring out. I had been following the CJ video on how to do it and he think he mentions in passing to have both rear wheels off the ground.

My question is for those who have done this using jack stands, did you find that you needed to have both rear wheels off the ground? Has anyone else run into the same issue I'm having? Any other tips?

Thanks!

You need to have the entire car off the ground. The rear subframe has to be free to drop and pivot. With one wheel still on the ground the swaybar will be binding and preventing the amount of drop you need.

2Cool said:

You need to have the entire car off the ground. The rear subframe has to be free to drop and pivot. With one wheel still on the ground the swaybar will be binding and preventing the amount of drop you need.

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Thank you. That's what it looked like but wanted to check. I could tell the rear swaybar was resisting me (and it won).

Yeah the rear spring was a bitch to get out. It helps to have an extra set of hands pressing down on the rotor with one pulling out the spring.

You don't need the entire car off the ground.

Just the end your doing. For the rear, have it up. Loosen all 6 bolts for the cradle, 4 for the shock mounts. Took 30min total. Cjpony parts has a video. Watch it. Very simple