I did mine by myself with a socket and a wrench.

 

Another ratchet with a second 19mm? Or a crescent wench? Its tight but you should be able to get off pretty easily with either.

 

No a single wrench for the nut and a socket wrench for the bolt. If you cant stop the wrench from rotating get a piece of pipe to slide over the wrench and extend it to stop the turn.

 

any suggestions? that are one-man-able?

What the others said, plus offer a neighbor a beer to make it two-man-able. Good luck!

 

i had a friend with me when i did it . . . but we did not help each other with the shocks. he did one side i did the other. i believe an adjustable and a socket wrench was what i used. if i recall correctly on the passenger side it was a pain because there was not much room, took forever because each "turn" of the socket wrench was only about 2 inches, but it wasn't hard. just slow.

 

Ive done it a few times with a long breaker bar (2ft or so) and a crescent wrench. Worst case, line up the crescent so its handle pushes against something so you dont have to try and hold it by hand.

 

I snagged a 19mm Cresent and can get it captive, but I'm afraid I was out of juice by then. My impact still won't do it either. I'm going to try and get a cheater pipe for my breaker bar tonight, and a buddy is dropping off another impact to try tomorrow morning.

My usual 'I don't want to do this job' mechanic quoted me 225....no thanks.

 

Buy yourself a 18" or longer 1/2" breaker bar. Probably the best $20 I've ever spent.


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Are the bolts rusty?

If its really that hard to get off and you need this truck to get around you might want to go pick up some replacement bolts and nuts in case they end up breaking off. And if they're rusted bad you should replace them anyway.

 

they are pretty spotless, for an IL truck.

They've been off the truck before, and its an 06.

Im picking up a nice snap on 220 ft/lb rated impact tonight from a buddy, should hopefully make for an easier morning than afternoon

I feel like a bit of a sissy right now, though

 

Doesn't matter which way you do it, but I suggest putting the crescent wrench on the bolt head and using the air tool or whatever to spin the wrench around till it hits the axle. Then use a breaker bar or pipe to turn the nut end.

 

Ha, I think we've all had a bolt that made us feel that way before.

 

I usually will take the handle off my floor jack and slide it over the ratchet or breaker bar when I need more grunt on a bolt.

 

Using the floor jack is a great idea and it has worked for me. The other way I have done it is go buy two new nuts and bolts and just cut the old ones. This is the easiest way I have done it on several Xterras.

 

You guys are working to hard. First of all do not use a cresent wrench, will probably slip and round bolt head. For the nut use a box wrench and a couple of 2x4's. With the wrench on the nut and the 2x4's on the ground let it spin around so the wrench engages the 2x4's. With your breaker bar or another box wrench put it on bolt at about 7 o'clock position. Now YOU spin around and put your foot on it and give it a quick push, should hear a snap after that its pretty easy going. Just replaced mine this past weekend by myself. Good luck. Did I mention to keep hydrated? Safety firstccasion5:

 

manm its in the mid 80's here, first time all year, 60s lkast week

Im a dirty sweaty piggy

 

the snap on impact + 19mm box end did the trick.

rears are in!

right now im at 34" in front to wheelwell, and 35 in the rear

I have spacers for the front, my AAL isn't here yet, so I didn't install it yet

 

rears are in!

right now im at 34" in front to wheelwell, and 35 in the rear

I have spacers for the front, my AAL isn't here yet, so I didn't install it yet

Looks like you are currently very near stock wheelarch height if you are running stock size tires (265/70R16), which is 33 7/8" Front and 35 1/8" Rear for the "S" model. That's little or no settling after 9 years of use!

 

so one of my front ball joints is just spinning

I am under the impression that is NOT a good thing

IE I cant tighten the nut on it at all

 

Is it the one on the tie rod end? (steering) Mine was that way and I had to replace them. Easy enough to replace, but needs to be aligned after.

 

Friend was correct. All good. We'll..... Need my aal... I look funny now...... Will post pics a bit later

 

new rears in

 

fronts in

 

Im running kumho road venture at kl78 265/75R16's

 

I also need to give props to snoborderphx for hooking me up with the parts, and providing tons of advice