I've been in the process of rebuilding the suspension on my 1972 GMC Seirra 1500. It has a leaf rear, and I successfully removed the stock leaf springs / shackles. It was a nightmare, but I got them out without hurting the truck... or me. I think the dog learned a few new words.
With the leaf springs out, I now need to get the old bushings out of them...and the new ones in. I used a propane torch to burn out the rubber on the old ones..and that got rid of the rubber and the center. That leaves behind the bearing shells. How do I get those suckers out of there without getting new leafsprings? I'd really like to keep the stock leafs, there's nothing wrong with them. I just can't figure out how to get the bearing shells out.
How do you guys do it?
02-03-2007, 06:07 PM
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