Rotate / move front axle?

[Danny075]

So I just replaced both of my lower control arm brackets with some heavy duty ones. I'm trying to get my lower control arms on but it appears that the front axle has move back some and possibly rotated a bit. With everything I read and watched about doing this, no one mentioned this. How in the world do I get my axle rotated and moved forward to the correct position to reattach the LCAs?

 

[someguysjeep]

a board on your jack under the front of the spring perch. or under the tie rod but use a long board to distribute the force so it doesn't bend it.

leave 1 in place and the axle is held, work on 1 at a time.

 

[Danny075]

Lesson learned. I did both at once.
So I did what you suggested. I put the jack under the track bar mount on the passenger side. As I jacked it up slowly and compressed the spring, the bracket started to rotate downwards. Then the holes lined up! Thanks!!