Revolting development

[Bill W]

Alright I finished up the rear brakes and seals and moved to replace the bad rear spring u-bolts and from there do the spring seat pivot bearings., Well I had to cut off the u-bolts PIA but now I can't even knock out the bolts as they are so swollen and on top of that I can't get the spring pack to come off the seat, this was a northern truck and salt has played hell with the drivetrain, so I'm thinking as bad as everything looks I need to look for a decent set of rear springs/seats, anybody near Georgia got some forsale?

 

[Stretch44875]

There are 2 clamp bolts holding the spring pack on from the side. Bolt heads behind in the photo.

 

[grounded]

i got some springs but im up here and wont be down that way for about 2 weeks

 

[Bill W]

Stretch
even though the TM doesn't mention having to loosen them I did put a 3/4 drive breaker w/4' cheater on them and the dang things are stuck tight

 

[rosco]

Heat the nuts - get the nuts off, Then put another hydrolic jack under the threaded portion of the exposed bolt and use the weight of the truck to push them up. Might have to use a hammer on the out side to get them broke loose.

Lee in Alaska

 

[FreightTrain]

push come to shove....Wreckerman has the entire frame section of a deuce sitting at the LZ.Think everything is there including the dog bones(he torches all bolts to remove axles....).

 

[tm america]

thighten the ubolt nuts down while tapping the area where the ubolt goes through the spring pivot

 

[Bill W]

Well I finally got the rear spring off the seat but in doing so the pivot is now definitly toast.,The bottom leaf looks questionable

 

[hndrsonj]

Have a complete rear with springs/torque arms $100 in rockmart GA. PM if you want them.

 

[Recovry4x4]

As many deuces as are getting bobbed and scrapped, these items should be getting really cheap.

 

[maxim]

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/19518-axle-u-bolt-replacement.html

 

[Bill W]

hndrsonj
Pm sent

 

[Big Mike's Motor Pool]

i never understood why they made the spring pinch bolts coarse thread instead of fine thread. just about every other bolt on the truck is fine and these would be alot easier to get off if they to were fine thread. i went through this whole ordeal myself but mine was a bit worse. i had to replace the whole trunion assembly and all the bearings and seals and all the rubber mounted tapers on the dog bones. the ends of my trunion were so bad on my one truck that once the springs were free from the rears i pulled the spring and pivot assembly off with out touching the bearings