Figured Id tackel this myself, 2" leveling spacker and I have the axle down as far as I can with the brake and vacuume lines tight. I barly was able to remove the spring much less put it back in with the spacer, its not even close! what am I missing? I bought a spring compresser and i took it down a inch with it but im a bit timmid to really crank it in- what tricks does everyone use?

 

i used regular 1" ratchet straps and cranked them down till i thot they would break then some more. then use 3' prybars as well. very sketchy at best and its definitely not safe but got the job done. its up to u when u feel its not safe anymore. id say with the spring compressors (right tool for the job) go ahead and crank them up. o btw i put a bottle jack between the frame and axle and gave it another inch. but b very careful there....ur lines are tight already and u run the risk of wrecking the swaybar linkage like i did

 

Im half tempted to pull the calipers and unplug the vacuume+electrical and just pull the darn control arms off this thing, I plan to install energy control arm bushings and get it alinged anyway- just use the rachet straps to catch the axle as I start pulling the arms?

 

I just put a 2" level lift on my 94. I used a standard coil spring compressor, which installed inside the coil. It compressed them enough to get in without having to disconnect brake lines. I did pull the vacuum line lose for the CAD. There is no doubt that it can be done.
I also had a set of compressors that worked on the outside of the coil, which I didn't like.
I also used a jack to force the axle down as far as possible, without hurting the brake lines. The coils came out and slid in fine.

 

I used the ratchet straps to compress the coil.....

 

Got them in, Ended up putting on my dirt bike full face helmet & riding gear and chest protector. Cranked the impact gun up to 500ftlb and cranked that coil down, I could have gotten 3 spacers in there after that
I kind of wish I got the 2.5" spacer as its still not level, but man it does ride like a new truck with the Bilstein 5100's