Great advice everyone.  I should have some time tomorrow to try and eyeball a few things.  I'll report back.  Extra thanks to Zed, that pic will surely help.  I'm not nearly enough familiar with all the lingo and location of everything yet.  Speaking of lingo, Pilgrim i laughed when i read linguistic lubrication lol.

Thanks, @Zed Head

I later edited my post (which you quoted) to reflect that I removed the rods while it was on ramps (had a brain fart and  originally wrote "jackstands ") but still had to do a lot of prying to get the bolts back in.  It's possible but not a "drop the bolts in" process.

I do remember having to put the two front bolts in in a certain order and angle of rod.  Leave everything loose and wiggle things around until you get both front ones inserted.  So, not a drop-in but much easier than wheels hanging.