Torque rod/dogbone mod and removal

[doghead]

Any hardware store, it's a wood splitting wedge.

4 Lb Splitting Wedge at Menards



You should be able to pop the tapered shaft out by simply whacking the casting with a hammer. No need to pry at all..

Just use a large ball peen hammer and hit either of the points indicated by the 2 red arrows. One or two hits should do it.

 

[hndrsonj]

Where do you get wedges like what is shown in post #1 (see pics below).

I have a truck I need to finish parting out.

Thanks

C

Looks like a regular log splitting wedge. (Go to a Stihl chainsaw dealer).

 

[Warthog]

Where do you get wedges like what is shown in post #1 (see pics below).

I have a truck I need to finish parting out.

Thanks

C

I do believe that those are Gov Issue only......

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Where do you get wedges like what is shown in post #1 (see pics below).

I have a truck I need to finish parting out.

Thanks

C

Think i got mine at northern tool. Not really necessary if you follow the TMs on where to pound on the bracket but can be helpful.

 

[FL_Frank]

The wood block and wedge method worked well for me - albeit with my personal lack of physical mass, replacing all 6 of my torque rods was the most difficult maintenance item so far.

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

The wood block and wedge method worked well for me - albeit with my personal lack of physical mass, replacing all 6 of my torque rods was the most difficult maintenance item so far.

I have plenty of physical mass and it isn't muscle, and was the most difficult item for me too. I replaced all mine when one failed.

 

[clinto]

I bought 2 wedges at Northern, a short and a long. Only used the long.

As doghead said, most of the dogbones came out by just tapping them. The two uppers required the wedges.

 

[73m819]

. I had to take the leaf spring top off.
Took a suggestion, use a small sledge held against the end/nut even with the end and smack the smaller sledge with a 10 or 12 lb sledge, they pop right out. Torque for all the rod nuts is350-400 ftlbs

This is VERY DANGEROUS, hitting HARDENED steel with HARDENED steel WILL result in flying sharp slivers, this is why cold chisels are softer then the hammer, easy to loose a eye, a vain/artery puncture, ect. with this pratice

 

[bones1]

Is the nut still on the bolt in the pictures with the wedge?. What am I seeing?.

 

[wdbtchr]

This is VERY DANGEROUS, hitting HARDENED steel with HARDENED steel WILL result in flying sharp slivers, this is why cold chisels are softer then the hammer, easy to loose a eye, a vain/artery puncture, ect. with this pratice

I got my wedges many years ago from a farm supply. Actually the wedges are fairly soft as they're designed to hit with a sledge hammer. They will squish over time and deform into a mushroom head, those need to be kept ground down because they WILL break off and get you.