Rear end swap/install

#8- if you aren't going to reuse your cables and the replacement rear is already set up, then you can just pull the cables up line at the stirrup leaving everything intact.

#10- by nature the the rear is nose heavy and going to want to rotate down, so know that going into it.

after you zip off u bolt nuts (or cut off the u bolts) is when you're going to want to undo the springs at the shackle mounts. it'll be a little bit of a balancing act, but like dana says use physics to your advantage.