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Old 04-05-2013, 08:09 PM
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I wonder if the person who owned it before you did some strange stuff with the springs.
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:15 PM
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can u take a picture of yours and show me what its apost to look like
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:18 PM
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Mine has a 3/4 ton Chevy rear end in it with perches I welded myself, so it isn't going to help you much.

But the center pin (bolt) is supposed to look like this:

and just slip through the hole in the spring perch (with the nut on top slipping through the hole in the u-bolt plate).

Nothing should be bolted together, except for the leaf springs themselves.
 

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Old 04-05-2013, 08:31 PM
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is the pin supposed to be going through the middle of the perch on the bottom side
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 97dakota237
is the pin supposed to be going through the middle of the perch on the bottom side
Yes, but it should come right out.
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:45 PM
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yea going through the middle is a hex head i dont know what that guy could of possibly did
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:50 PM
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Only thing I can imagine is that the hole in the perch is big enough for the bolt head to go through, but you're saying it's not.
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 08:55 PM
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yea its not small enough to go through i dont know what i should do
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 09:00 PM
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Sounds like your only option is to remove the bolt/perch assembly from the spring pack (remember the clamps), cut the bolt, and replace it with a proper spring bolt (or at least a hex bolt with the head ground round).
 
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Old 04-05-2013, 09:07 PM
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my perch in welded on so how would i remove that with cutting that one off and welding a new on on
 


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