I’ve replaced the brakes, outer bearings and seals, but first time cutting loose the axle U bolts to clean everything up and put back together. The service manual doesn’t really address rear end alignment, but it appears through quite a bit of slop allowed in the leaf spring bolt that fits in the pivot casting of what they call spring seats. Number one if the torque tube is perpendicular to the axle measurement wise, does it just go back together on the leaf spring where it fits or should I be worried about measuring each side to the spring eyes or from somewhere? Number two, I have overload springs that sit on flat top caps see picture. The overlord springs are kind of cool and will never get used so I will probably will reinstall them. Is there a different cap when there isn’t overload springs. By the way, I snapped one of the overload spring you bolts off, but it appears they are the same as the squarish front spring u bolts except way shorter. Lot of wire brush work tomorrow. 80 year old hardened grease in there.
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