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Old 01-07-2012, 09:12 PM   #3
Surfdriver
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Eureka, Ca
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Re: Leaf Spring Question

The info I read online said the outer sleves need to come out, but often do not come out with the bushing. I did mine for the first time yesterday. I drilled the bushings and tried beating them out. It worked with one. The rest I burned the bushings out. I had to use a sawzall on all the outer sleves. The blade fit between the split in the roll of the spring, and I was able to saw most of the way with out making contact with spring. Then I used a punch and hammer to tear the rest of the sleve apart, and roll the sleve to a smaller diameter and push it out. It took me just over an hour to do the back springs.

I also saw a post where you pry the end of the spring open with a chisel or screw driver so the outer sleve will come out. That did not work for me.
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