it took a total of about 12 hours to completely remove the rear leaf springs and hangers from two trucks, then reinstall the springs and hanger onto my truck.  A big thanks goes out to Jess (for being a trooper and a good sport about the whole thing), my brother (for the shop, the parts, and the labor!), Adam (thanks for he 6'er, the labor, and genral hanging out...), and Nicole (for bringing food for all of us, woo hoo food!). 

Now for the pictures...  but, you'll have to hit the "read more" link...

Okay, for real, the pictures...

This is one example of the hanger that broke.  There are four on the truck (two per side), and two looked like this, while one was still mostly there but with holes and missing pieces.  I took two, so that you can tell where everything is in relation to the vehicle...



The next one is of what a good, factory hanger looks like.  The was the one good one on the truck.  I replaced it anyway...


You can see, here, the springs that I removed.  Note the broken ones... yeah, they were on the truck. Not doing any good.


Now, I'm halfway through cutting off one of the hold brackets.  I needed to grind down the rivet heads, and with great force, pop out the back of them through the frame.


To attache the new to my truck springs to the axle, I had to install new U-bolts.  These are 3" wide, and 8" long.  They were torqued down to "that's tight enough".


In the process of installing the springs and hangers.  These things have alot of tension when installed, so we had to put a lot of tension on the to get them installed...  On the other side, we took the tire off and dropped the axle.  Experience from the first side, made the second a lot easier!


And now the brackets and springs are all installed.  Looks the same except for the bolts instead of rivets!

Comments

Written by Jess on 2008-04-14 10:17:01 "That's tight enough"? As long at that means everything will stay put, it works for me.

Written by MrShake on 2008-04-14 10:18:54 I'm glad my 6er was appreciated.... I'm always good for a 6er. I hadn't done suspension work, it was kinda fun!

Written by dmgrana on 2008-04-16 17:08:29 Ok, so since I was "scolded" for not posting a comment when I didn't even know there was something to be commented on, I am commenting. Does this work for you Damion or do I need to say something about the truck?

Although I really like it when people co Written by Damion on 2008-04-17 08:40:01 I'm just happy you visit the site at all.

Written by MrShake on 2008-04-17 09:01:07 Don't feel too bad.. I have to harrass damion to comment on my site as well.

Of course he has to... Written by Damion on 2008-04-17 10:56:31 Naturally MrShake has to harass me about commenting on his site... it's rarley updated. Nothing new since 31-March... Go ahead and check it out for yourself... i

Written by MrShake on 2008-04-17 12:31:36 Of course, theres nothing to update with since I was helping you make news...    Well.. there is ONE thing, but I am waiting on pictures first.

Written by Damion on 2008-04-17 12:52:06 For three weeks, there's nothing to update? It's still your broken motocycle on the front... and it's fixed and working and you ride it to work... But I wouldn't know that if I read your site! Hehehe

Written by MrShake on 2008-04-18 11:43:18 I don't want to make you jealous... hahahaah    BOOYAAA

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