I'll do the ball joint tonight. That does look like the best manner. (and yea I missed "Undo the three nuts and bolts holding the lower ball joint to the a-arm")

All makes sense now. Strange how everyone seems to have their own procedure for this

Don't forget the sway bar, it
will stop you too, I have a 4"
longer spring in there, you
need to get the A-arm way down
to fit that sucker in there

Wild

I'm going to completely pull the sway bar ... if I'm not happy with road manners I might consider reinstalling, but I doubt it.

I bought my Tracker without a sway bar, and haven't thought about putting it back in.

pulling the 3 bolts for the lower ball did the trick ... thanks Cwkick.

I'm going to do some research (and some measuremnets while I've got it "drooped"), but is the strut really the control on drop here ... wow.

I wanna thank you all for answering my newb Q's ... I have yet to get a "piss off newbie" answer in here yet

Yes the strut limits the droop.  That is why you should flip the top strut mount.  It will give you about an inch more droop.  I wouldn't mess with trying to make it droop much farther or you will be tearing up CV joints left and right!

You are welcome for the help!  Glad to be of service.

Cwkick

Yes the strut limits the droop.  That is why you should flip the top strut mount.  It will give you about an inch more droop.  I wouldn't mess with trying to make it droop much farther or you will be tearing up CV joints left and right!

You are welcome for the help!  Glad to be of service.

Cwkick

I've been running a 2" strut spacer for 2 years with no problems as have a number of other people I know. I left the strut top mount stock. In stock form the strut has 2" of travel left with the wishbone against the bump stop so the 2" spacer gives max. travel  (nearly 50% more than stock  ).

Rhinoman,

I agree with what you are saying.  But, SnoFalls would have to fab up some strut spacers.  That's not a problem, but I think he is looking for the easiest and least expensive way to gain lift.  Although the CV's have held up well for your group, I am guessing they are very close to there usable range of motion.

Since I have my mounts flipped, I may look into making a 1 inch spacer for a little extra droop.  

Cwkick

3" strut spacer is a little too long,
after 2 years of running like that
I had the CV balls riding on the wire
retainer at the edge of the cup, the
wire had dimples all around where
the balls contacted at full articulation

Down the road running should not
pose a problem, only extreem wheeling


Wild

For now I'm satisfied with just a strut mount flip, not too hard on the CV's but some articulation restricted. So a reasonable tradeoff (being easy is a nice benefit too )

Someday I might look into spacers ...