Installing Rear Leafs, Queston?
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Installing Rear Leafs, Queston?
Hi guys, Ive been puting a 4.5'' RE lift on, I got the front done and pulled the rear leafs not i am in the process of putting the new ones back on. I have bolted them to the hangers, so they are hanging with no weight on them. For the last couple hours I have been trying to get the center pin from the leafs to settle in the whole in the spring perch. I have shims to put on, new u-bolts, and nuts. I looslely bolted the ubolts onto the axle and through the spring plates, the shims are sandwiched between the spring perch and the leafs, but I just cant get the center pins to settle, any ideas/hints? Would it be better to unbolt the ubolts then raise the axle with jacks, have the center pin settle (hopefully), THEN put on the ublots and spring plate? Thanks again
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Are your shims bolted to you leafs bu the centering pin? I know i had to remove my centering pin and install the shim so the pim went thru the shim.
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no, ive got shims that just sit between the leaf and perch, they get sandwiched when the ubolt are tightened
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I had a heck of a time with getting my pin to seat into the hole of the perch, here is what i had to do..
Firt get a pick and make sure you get all the paint off of the pin. THen, I used a drill bit about the same size as the hole and I went around it a few times to slightly enlarge the hole, after about 5 minutes on each side, and with the help of an impact wrench on the U-bolts, the pin finally slippen into the hole..
It's real important to also make sure you are putting it in square, if one side is lower than the other and vice/versa, it probably won't be going in. And don't use heat, it will only make it tighter.
Firt get a pick and make sure you get all the paint off of the pin. THen, I used a drill bit about the same size as the hole and I went around it a few times to slightly enlarge the hole, after about 5 minutes on each side, and with the help of an impact wrench on the U-bolts, the pin finally slippen into the hole..
It's real important to also make sure you are putting it in square, if one side is lower than the other and vice/versa, it probably won't be going in. And don't use heat, it will only make it tighter.
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figured it out this morning. I ended up drilling out the holes a small amount, jacked the axle up to the eaves, and after a few swift hits with a hammer the pins settled nicely. I think the stock holes were a small amounttoo small for the pins. Thanks for the help everyone
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figured it out this morning. I ended up drilling out the holes a small amount, jacked the axle up to the eaves, and after a few swift hits with a hammer the pins settled nicely. I think the stock holes were a small amounttoo small for the pins. Thanks for the help everyone
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