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cannesdo
Explorer
Feb 21, 2016

Next issue...leaf spring unseated during u-bolt removal...

My old shocks are discontinued. My new shocks have longer studs so I have to remove the plate under the u-bolts (above the u-bolt nuts) in order to install them. There is what I thought was a bolt i...
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cannesdo
Explorer
Feb 23, 2016
Tin Pusher wrote:
cannesdo wrote:
"A neighbor suggested I put a bottle jack under the brake drum and lift up there in order to get the leaf spring back in position....?"


I'd be careful jacking on the brake drum. Wouldn't be my first choice.


Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. But a speed bump would do the same thing. It just lifts that whole drum up in the air. And the drum is strong. hmm...

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