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About top take this on. Although the procedure seems simple enough, im wondering if there are any tips/tricks. Thanks!

As you may or may not know, one of the ends is left hand thread. You will bee able to tell by looking at the exposed thread. One other normal procedure is to measure the length from center to center (before you start) and use that as a starting point for the toe-in adjustment that you will need to do after replacement.

Im afraid the damage has already destroyed the current toe settings. I will need to adjust blindly

Like these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINZGAUER-716-7 ... 2c64bd6c38

Those are them, but much cheaper from EI!

I will need to adjust blindly

No you don't. Just do a search on "setting toe-in with string" and you'll be as good as any alignment shop... and better than some.

The castor/camber is built into the system. All you need to do is set the toe and the steering wheel. You don't even have to use the string since you can't align the rear. Marking device(chalk) and a measuring tape and you'll get it better then any shop will.

You can't align the rears, but referencing them takes into account any wear or damage on our roughly 40 year old trucks. Roverchef is correct though that you could just measure from front width vs rear.

The old So Cal shop used a long straight edge (piece of aluminum bar) along the side of the front and rear tires on a side to check the toe of the fronts. You could do the same with a piece of stretched string. It's not rocket science.