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Old 03-23-2015, 07:47 PM
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Damn app.
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Back together.
That looks really cool. How'd it work out for you?
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Brought it home today. I feel like a kid with a new toy!
Lol no way! I just bought this Saturday!
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Old 03-23-2015, 08:07 PM
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That looks really cool. How'd it work out for you?
Well the all thread and washers worked good it let me get the bushing in and was much easier than whacking on it with a BFH. Whew. Would have been nice to have a ratcheting box end that fit. As for the relocators there is no more shackle clap. Im pretty happy about that.
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Well the all thread and washers worked good it let me get the bushing in and was much easier than whacking on it with a BFH. Whew. Would have been nice to have a ratcheting box end that fit. As for the relocators there is no more shackle clap. Im pretty happy about that.
I need to replace my leaf bushings at at some point. How was getting the old bushings out?
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I need to replace my leaf bushings at at some point. How was getting the old bushings out?
How much rust do your springs have? I used a 20-ton press.
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cleened it(finally) then took the doors off *doorless not pictured lol*

id say she cleans up pretty damn good

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cleened it(finally) then took the doors off *doorless not pictured lol*

id say she cleans up pretty damn good
Gorgeous, Rob, absolutely gorgeous!
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How much rust do your springs have? I used a 20-ton press.
Just surface rust from this past winter. Rusty's leafs are about 5 years old.
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Got these in the mail thanks d50!

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ordered trucklites
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I need to replace my leaf bushings at at some point. How was getting the old bushings out?
Drill out the rubber with a few holes and dig it out. Take a hack saw/sawzall and cut the remaining sleeve where the eye meets the spring. Then with a small cold chisel, starting at the cut, fold the sleeve in. It takes some force but once it starts it gets easier. Then it should come out. Worked really well this time. First time I did it I literally beat on the sleeve for hours before cutting it. But it eventually clicked and got it out. This was last summer.

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Gorgeous, Rob, absolutely gorgeous!
thanx. lol
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Originally Posted by SG Mason
Rust is a part of life when you live in eastern Ontario Canada. They use so much road salt in the winter up here that a farmer actually sued the local government for poisoning their field, and won the case
It's true. 50' in to his field was totally dead. Crops were stunted and burned to about 200' away from the road. It's ridiculous.

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I am not sure about salad's part of eastern Ontario, he is about 2 hours north west of me, but here they would rather lay down a few tons of salt over putting the plow a little closer to the road. Or so it seems.
Yes, a little closer than completely retracted, two feet up in the air lol. Pisses me off that we pay fuel and wages for them to drive around in giant snow plows just to show them off. It's not a ****ing parade guys. Then to add insult to injury, settlements for lawsuits arising from such irresponsible behaviour also comes of out my taxes...

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Originally Posted by Tsaani97xj
Drill out the rubber with a few holes and dig it out. Take a hack saw/sawzall and cut the remaining sleeve where the eye meets the spring. Then with a small cold chisel, starting at the cut, fold the sleeve in. It takes some force but once it starts it gets easier. Then it should come out. Worked really well this time. First time I did it I literally beat on the sleeve for hours before cutting it. But it eventually clicked and got it out. This was last summer.

Gluck.
So giver-take about an hour each bushing from removing and installing? I might do poly bushings just for the ease.
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