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I would like to remove my rear spring pins and check them and the shackle for damage. I am reading in the manual that you need a J-1436 Axle shaft bearing and oil seal remover, as well as J-1436-9 Shackle pin remover adapter. I searched the archives and only found information pertaining to the smaller trucks with the cinch thread not bolt clevis and plain bushing that the big bolts have. One member mentioned a hole through the frame where you could use a drift to get them out. The J-1436 tool looks little like a dent puller/slide hammer, has anyone made a tool to get them out?
Thanks,
Curt

Hy 801curt, there probably is an access hole behind the pin in the frame that you can use to drive the pin out with a large punch. I made up a tool to pull the pins out using a threaded rod which I re-threaded to 1/8" pipe thread on the end which screws into the grease fitting hole once it is removed, a piece of pipe/tubing a little longer than the pin and a heavy washer and a nut to thread down the rod has removed every one I have tried so far. You should take the tension/weight off of the pin before you attempt to pull or drive it out, hope that helps.

Thank You so much 3B! How did you make your threaded rod? Bar stock and a die? Or a length of all thread and a die? I do appreciate the reminder of removing tension.
Curt

I've has success getting them out with a threaded adapter for the grease fitting on the end of a slide hammer.

Hy 801curt, I used a piece of 7/16" n.f. threaded rod and machined it down and cut the 1/8" pipe thread into it with a die, hope that helps.

Thank You 3B, JIm was it a 1/8 npt then the other side screwed on to your slide hammer shaft?