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Offline woof359

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leaf spring bushings
« on: May 24, 2010, 12:42:04 PM »
well the front and rear leaf spring bushings come out like POLYURETHANE  bushings ? or are they pressed in ? requiring them to be burned out ?
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Offline MadMaxZuki

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Re: leaf spring bushings
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 07:05:01 PM »
i assume they are the stock bushings and there is a metal collar in the leaf eye that needs to come out with the bushing. i pried it inward and used a press to get it out. you will need a press to get the rubber bushing out. also too cutting the collar in the space where the eye loops around will help too.
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Re: leaf spring bushings
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 08:11:24 PM »
thanks madmax, I was hoping they wernt pressed in but thats not the way my luck goes, I see some drilling and cutting in my near future.
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Re: leaf spring bushings
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 09:49:58 PM »
I beat mine out with a hammer and a chisel, sorry but at the time I did not have a way to cut or press them out so I went super cheap and used elbow grease lol oh and some WD-40 too
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Re: leaf spring bushings
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2010, 08:14:10 PM »
all the leaf spring rubber bushing came out in 2 parts, the rear shackles were rusted solid but after slicing them off with a hack saw the rubber bushing just poped right out. man did I luck out.
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