I started pulling the drivers side suspension today. On the other side I pulled the whole thing with the spring still attached. I decided to remove the spring on this side first and then drop the I-beam. That spring seat nut was rusted on but GOOD!
But I won!
I held the nut with a wrench, then used a socket and breaker bar with a LONG extension to break it loose. After that I used a ratchet with the same extension and slowly loosened the bolt and nut, about two clicks at a time.
I'll pull it all off tomorrow.
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Those compressors are nice. Do they keep the threaded rods straight? When I did mine long ago, I was worried about the hooks on the ends just slipping right out. Nice to see some progree though, I know for sure.
1967 F250 Camper Special
10MPG with key off, in neutral and going downhill!
I got them from Sears. They are Craftsman brand. I don't recall exactly how much they were but I think it was around $25-30. The pins have a detente ball in them to keep them from popping back on their own.
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Red Green
I used a similar looking bar once on a chrysler upper ball joint. The only difference was I didn't win the socket slipped off and I went flying That one of those times your rear might be a little sore but your more concerned you seen you wipe out, so you just set there and slowly look around to see who is laughing at you.
Mark
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If you can get another nut of the same size, you might just cut this one off.
Try using a cut off wheel on an angle grinder and cut it as close to the bolt as you can, on both sides, without hitting it. Then use a cold chisel and a ball peen hammer to cut it the rest of the way.
Remember Laurel and Hardy? "Okay, Stanley, when I nod my head you hit it."
Good luck
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
Red Green
spartman wrote:
The nut I think is about an 1 and 3/4 or so and I can turn the engine on the tractor over with the pto locked on.
Can you put a 6 point socket on it, brace it good with a long extension, then use the starter on the tractor to turn the nut? I've done that a few times on orchard equipment.
that kind of sounds like youd trying to get the blade off. if so treat it like a push mower and get one of those blade holding devices and then try it. or if its like my push mower slam it around a couple of times then kick it then finally just push it off on to the other side of the yard and say flank it.
I don't think they make blade holding devices for this thing.
It has two blades that are about two foot long each which swing free on a bolt that connects to a large center circle of steel.
As far as hitting the starter on the tractor at the same time kinda concerns me, I keep having visions of the thing aquiring my arm or what ever is there.
thats why I said brace it up real good. disable the tractor ignition, also. you don't need that thing starting up on you. get the socket on there and prop it up so it cant fall off, like a block of wood underneath it with the deck bearing down on the socket set. then just bump the starter and maybe, just maybe it will break it loose. that starter has a lot more force that you will be able to muster. it will either loosen or strip out completely!
and do this at your own risk, of course!!! play it safe!!
If you can hold the other side tight I'd use a good knock wrench and a shop hammer on it. We use to use knock wrenches on the generators in the power plants. Had bolts that were 3inchs in thread sizes. he nuts were huge. A knock wrench and a 10 pound hammer will move about anything. I think NAPA sells knock wrenches.
Are the srping compressors in the picture on an F100?
I have had my front end apart several times and never needed a spring compressor.
Just wondering if I was doing something stupid.
clint
cdeal28078 wrote:
Are the srping compressors in the picture on an F100?
I have had my front end apart several times and never needed a spring compressor.
Just wondering if I was doing something stupid.
clint
Yes they are on an F100.
Whether you're doing something stupid or not, I'll let others decide. But I won't take a suspension apart without them.
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
Red Green
my dad told that once. he said always use a spring compressor because the spring could jump out and go every where on you. i tihnk it happened to him once
