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Aug 4, 2015 | 08:51 AM

rigsboo

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moog 844 help

hello everyone im having some trouble putting these 844 springs in my 95 f150 I got the old springs out and where the new spring is thicker I cant get the upper spring retainer to go in the spring and get the top bolt hole to line up any advice?

Aug 4, 2015 | 09:03 AM

Ddaybc

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I just changed my old springs to Moog springs on my 94 F150. I didn't have any issues (except the new springs were too long to get in without a spring compressor) so all I can suggest is to adjust the position of the spring. Maybe a hammer to help it seat? I had to use a hammer on one of mine. All it took was a millimetre or two and it fit right in.

Good luck.

Aug 4, 2015 | 09:14 AM

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The length isnt much of an issue for me cause all i did was drop the front suspension and put the spring in and jacked it back up ill take some pictures later and post them

Aug 4, 2015 | 12:48 PM

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Well it went it guess it just needed some tweeking ha did you have to buy new alignment bushings? Which ones would you recommend? I know fully adjustable but which ones?

Aug 4, 2015 | 04:19 PM

GoinBoarding

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Moog K80108 from Amazon will do the trick.

Aug 4, 2015 | 05:51 PM

Ddaybc

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Well it went it guess it just needed some tweeking ha did you have to buy new alignment bushings? Which ones would you recommend? I know fully adjustable but which ones?

Glad it went in for you. I didn't need to get new alignment bushings as my truck was sitting like so / \ before the swap and now it looks like | |

If I did need alignment bushings I was going to get the Moog adjustable ones. I'm not sure what the part number is.

FWIW I was able to get the drivers side spring changed without a spring compressor but my suspension just wouldn't drop far enough to get the passenger side in. I even disconnected the shock.