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DoughertyAMX 
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 Topic: Replacing rear leaf spring bushingsPosted: Apr/22/2018 at 9:04am |
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According to Eaton's website, their springs come with the 50B916-412 front eye bolts. Will these not work? If so, I think I could cut the old bolts in order to remove the old leaf springs.
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Posted: Apr/21/2018 at 5:57pm |
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The bolt rusts to the sleeve sometimes. can be a pain to get out, I would say cut the bolts but they are special and not available everywhere.
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Posted: Apr/21/2018 at 5:38pm |
I'm having this issue right now, trying to remove front leaf spring bolt/nuts. Won't come loose for nothing! Ready to pull rear end but can't get those darn things out.  Don't plan on saving them as I have decided to spend the money and get new Eaton leaf springs and hardware but got to get the old one's out first !!!!
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True, and I do think China quality is generally getting better across the board. Still lot of small junk factories though, so buyer beware.
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"china" is a big place and many quality manufacturers there... and a lot of junk makers, more than their share. the difference in my experience is, does the US company spec'ing/buying the parts do QA, or not. the better ones have on-site engineers that do what they did in US plants, make sure that the manufacturing lines produce correct parts. but growth means increasing profit margins, and cutting costs, and with low volume stuff and catalog collapse, etc, i think they simply accept crappier parts. it's like shopping for vegetables, but online where you can't squeeze 'em first.
apple, HP, hard disk manu's etc all get quality work done but i think all have on-site QA engineers. |
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Posted: Oct/11/2017 at 9:33pm |
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That seems to be at least partly true. The Moog bushings I got for the front of the leaf spring said "Made in USA" on the box, but the rears were made in Mexico. Still better than China though.
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not the case any more. it's an america BRAND but Moog is pretty much just a brand holding company like the rest of them, Fram, etc. the problem with rubber parts is that if they are old enoguh to be American made, then they're too old to use; and if newer, then it's a crap shoot if the quality is any good. |
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Got the rear leaf-spring bushings done on one side, but I see that the front bushings are going to be problematic. The whole bolt turns as I turn the nut, and my new mufflers (welded on) are in the way so that I can't fit a socket into the hole in the frame. Without a way to grab the head of the bolt I'm tempted just to forget about replacing the front bushings until next time I have the exhaust system off for some other reason.
If I get impatient I might take a nut splitter to them, but I'm sure they're hardened so might be too tough for that. Edited by CamJam - Oct/08/2017 at 9:38pm |
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Posted: Oct/03/2017 at 8:18am |
Good idea! I made a similar tool for the control arm bushings. |
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Posted: Oct/03/2017 at 12:36am |
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the one with the metal sleeve I put them in the freezer and made a tool with a threaded rod to draw the bushing in to the spring so I don't have to remove the spring or beat on it to get it out I use a air chisel
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