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| | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 36 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 36 | Hello all
I am working and learning on my 1941 Chev 3/4 ton. I am currently working on the chassis and at the moment the front spring mounts.
I have had very little to do with threaded shackles. What is the best way to detect wear, or how much movement is acceptable. They are completely disassembled. I get a little bit of movement at one end of the pin and a very small amount of lateral movement. I don’t have a new set to compare.
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Steve | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,034 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,034 | If your bushings haven't worn thru to the springs themselves, count yourself lucky. Mine were worn enough that I needed to replace springs as well. It sounds like yours are in relatively good shape, and had possibly been greased like they should have been. My truck started it's life as a fleet truck and probably got rode hard and put away wet.
If you don't want to replace the bushings, you could remove some of that wear by just installing new pins. But to do the job correctly, I would replace both the bushings. Not a hard job. I used a ball joint press which worked well. I didn't even worry about threading the pins out. I'm not sure a couple of them could even have been removed.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | Go ahead and buy a new set of bushings. You will see that they are tighter than what you are describing. Loose bushings will cause your steering wheel to get swimmy.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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