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Here are two pictures of what appears to be the nuts and bolts broken off. Does anyone know how they go? See pictures below. [URL=http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/cuz2424/media/20150706_202223_zpsvedtgwj6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag3/cuz2424/20150706_202223_zpsvedtgwj6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/cuz2424/media/20150706_202233_zpsjq6fh1an.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag3/cuz2424/20150706_202233_zpsjq6fh1an.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Hy jimbo 24, if you are talking about the two bolts at the outboard end of the leaf spring brackets which appear to have only nuts on them but no heads on the other end, then those are the lock bolts for the shackle/leaf spring pins. Those pins are only threaded on one end and have no heads, they interlock into milled slots in the spring pins, they themselves have a taper milled onto them, you tighten the nuts to lock the pins to the spring pins, hope that helps.

thanks thats great, so they r ok

Having stripped/broken some of those pins or bolts myself I will argue that they should be set with a hammer and punch and kept from falling out with the lock washer and nut, not pulled home with. Same goes for king pin lock bolts.

Grigg

they have been like that for a long time i guess. should i just leave them alone. i thought the bolts were broken off but they r the same on both sides.

Your call.
If you are removing the spring pins then you need to first remove those lock bolts/pins.
If you're not removing the spring pins you don't need to remove the lock bolts/pins.

I just finished up my rear leaf springs, here is what I used

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111612932763?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

note the tapered set bolts 3B and Grigg spoke about.

i think i will leave it alone. looks like it would snap on me. thanks for the help. now at least i know what they look like. i just thought they were busted bolts

I just pulled mine apart with no issues. I'm glad I did, the bushings were split and the shackle pins were worn pretty bad.

Mark

mark now u got me thinking. do i have to block anything up or just take out the bolt and nut

You need to jack up the frame to take the pressure off of the springs. Use jack stands!

thanks carl

Yes definitely lift it. I removed the torque tube first and thats when I found all the play in my shackles. The bushings were a bit of an effort to press out since they were so messed up.

Mark

don't want to sound dumb but what is torque tube

A torque-tube on GM trucks is an enclosed drive-shaft that has one enclosed u-joint, behind the transmission.

What year and size truck do you have?

You have a 1952 1-ton - you might not have an enclosed drive-shaft, or, you might have a partially enclosed drive-shaft, as used on a 3/4 ton.

I'll look that up.

A 1952 1-ton looks like is has an fully open drive-shaft drive-line.

Someone will correct or confirm this.

so we r talking about the drive shaft area

I am.

OP asked.
Tim answered.
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Carl
wannabe moderator (not really, just playin).

ok then, thanks guys