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Trying to replace spring shackle bolts / pins and probably spring eyelet bushing. Looks like the easiest way will be to cut rivets and remove the whole thing as a unit and then press out shackle pin. Anyone ever done it that way?

Dave

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1948_51truck/51ctsm0462.htm
That's what the manual shows, but I took the advice I found in a previous thread and drove the pins out from the back (there are holes in the frame so that you can place a drift or punch on the backside of the pin and hit it with a hefty hammer). Just make sure you remove the lock bolt first; otherwise, that pin won't go anywhere.
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1948_51truck/51ctsm0460.htm
Figure 86 at the top of the page shows the type of shackles you have.

After researching this a little there is no bushing in that part of the hanger. The bushing is in the spring

this is a link to an original hanger Hanger link

Ended up cutting the rivets and pressing the pins and all 3 bushing out per side. Took a while but wasn't terrible. Thanks for the help.

Dave