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dbcox 07-26-2007 12:07 AM

ordered my new ORD flip shakles today
 
Cant wait till they get here i can throw my blocks in the trash finally. :metal:

DirtyLarry 07-26-2007 01:38 AM

Re: ordered my new ORD flip shakles today
 
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You won’t be disappointed. :)

The quickest way I found to remove the OEM rivets is to use a side grinder to cut a line down the center of the rivet then use an air hammer with the flat chisel to beat off the rivet head halves. Once the rivet heads are off, change the air hammer chisel to the center punch to beat the rivets through the frame. With grinder and air hammer it won’t take you but 10 minutes per side to remove the OEM shackle brackets. Without air tools, you will be working for a while.

Since you have lift blocks now, you will probably also need to get new OEM size U-bolts as the threads of the lift U-bolts will probably not go down far enough once the lift blocks are removed.

dbcox 07-26-2007 02:40 AM

Re: ordered my new ORD flip shakles today
 
yeah i ordered new u bolts also. thanx for the tips all i have ia a side grinder i guess il have to grind the heads of and knock out the rivets,it wil be worth geting rid of the blocks even if it is a little extra work

1tonblaze 07-28-2007 10:45 AM

Re: ordered my new ORD flip shakles today
 
i did it that way with a grinder i got one side off and i was so burnt from all the sparks i tourched the other side off and nocked the rest of the rivets out i was done in 20 mins on that side


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