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Offline G Wood

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Leaf Spring Rebuild Question
« on: January 25, 2010, 10:49:30 AM »
Any advice for removing the steel sleeve inside the front spring mount on a leaf spring. When you remove the rubber bushing, the sleeve stays in the spring. To insert the new bushing and sleeve, the old sleeve must come out.
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Offline carlite65

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Re: Leaf Spring Rebuild Question
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2010, 10:52:16 AM »
chuck it up in a vise & cut the old rubber off.
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Offline JKWilson

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Re: Leaf Spring Rebuild Question
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2010, 11:49:04 AM »
If you've already gotten the rubber portion out, IMHO, the hardest part is done! You can simply use a chisel to split the steel sleeve. I split it at the area where the spring eye wraps over and forms a gap. That way you won't be hitting the spring. Once it's split, the sleeve taps out easily.
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Offline G Wood

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Re: Leaf Spring Rebuild Question
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 03:20:06 PM »
That is kind of what I was thinking, will give it a try tonight.

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