I changed out the leaf pack shock mounts with the skid's last night. I used Justin and TJ's information and have compiled it into a step by step writeup.
1. Fully unloaded the weight by jacking her up w the hi lift and placing the jack stand under the chassis where the front of the leaf spring attaches to (not on the spring though).
2. Then I removed only the lower part of the rear shock and removed it from the plate.
3.
2 "C" clamps on each side of the pack before I started working on the U-bolts and shock plate4. Next I broke loose each ubolt nut by hand and then finished it off w the gun.
A. If you have an alignment issue w leaves or center bolt you can use the hi lift w the hook strap attachment and lift up your wheel to take the weight of the axle off whatever you are working on, just be easy...
5. Also use
Loctite thread lock on those new bolts for the shocks and some
anti-seize on the U-bolts n nuts