tricks for getting a 2 inch block in the rear of a wagon

[djellum]

Hey,

 

built a lift today and installed most of it.  the whole process was a major pain of course but nothing unexpected happened until I got to the rears.

 

I can't get the lower assembly to fall enough to get the dang thing in there.  its not even close even with my full weight on the drum, or prying with levers.  its 4 am so I finally gave it up, hoping its something simple that will stand out to me after sleep and food, but does anyone have a trick or method that they use?  Do I need to loosen anything else like the rear gearbox or something that i am forgetting to do?  Am i just powder puffin it?  

[bratman18]

Use your car scissor jack and put it between the trailing arm and the body and use it to push the trailing arm down enough to bolt the block up. I always just used a big pry bar, but using the jack is much less labor intensive.

Edited March 18, 2014 by bratman18

[l75eya]

This.

 

That's what i did to get a rear axle in and it worked like a charm. I managed to get a floor jack shoved in there somewhere however.