i hope i can explain this...im slapping myself for not taking pics!
Let me start out by saying me and my dad (who have done the work) are not
mechanics and are "redneck engineers" we use things that were never meant to be used in such manners, however the job always gets done right.
The cap that actually screws off the top of the tubes that allows access to the springs is the kicker of this whole job. when un-screwing keep downward pressure on it all times or someone will get hit with it once it releases and the spring expands.
i used the same spec PVC pipe that was used in a Progressive kit, it just so happens to be 1" hot/cold PVC, the normal PVC doenst have the correct wall thickness. cut two pieces equal length and they will go in the very top ontop of the springs.
the hard part is keeping things lined up as you compress the spring, PVC and top cap...we used a metal level that just so happened to have the same diameter hole as the outside diameter of the the top cap, it went around the top cap but allowed us to put pressure on the cap and still be able to screw it back down (2 person job).
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this is what my top cap looked like and the level went around the
top and put pressure around the base and we used a wrench to
spin it and srew it back down...I hope this helps and the drawing
is all I got! LOL.
thanks,
josh