Mine was the same a nightmare trying to get spring compressed and into place with a spring compressor on spring, went partial compress then an all thread thru tower and a plate thru spring, takes courage because the plate unwound up the spring once. It has been six months with cab engine and chassis pretty well done and it has settled some, with everything on I'm hoping it'll be there. Seems the older I get the slower.
Zeker


The Amish Connection
51 Chevy 1/2 ton 5 window,Vortec hotrod, no horse