removing cab mount bushings
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removing cab mount bushings
How are these 2 metal sleeves supposed to come apart?
I managed to get 3 of them loose with an appropriate sized deep socket and a sledge hammer, but the other 3 are pretty stubborn. There appears to be some metal tabs to lock the sleeves together, but I don't see how you could get anything strong enough in there to bend them away.
I managed to get 3 of them loose with an appropriate sized deep socket and a sledge hammer, but the other 3 are pretty stubborn. There appears to be some metal tabs to lock the sleeves together, but I don't see how you could get anything strong enough in there to bend them away.
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If I remember correctly from doing a couple different sets, it's a matter of a LOT of penetrating oil and brute strength. I had one set that was extremely hard to get apart and I ended up torching them, but on another truck it was a good 3' piece of pipe on the end of the breaker bar.
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removing cab mount bushings
When I changed mine the fronts were rusted to almost nothing. I ended up making my own with some tupe metal and some bushing metal. The rears I just loosened the the bolt all the way the threaded it back in a few threads and then hit the head of the bolt with a hammer, they came right out. Hope this helps.
Robert
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OK, I'm using the lube and beat procedure. Sounds like that's what is typical. I'll keep working them. My metal actually looks pretty good. Actualy, the bushings didn't look too bad, but I had already purchased a complete bushing set, so I guess I better use them.
How about thos washer type plates up front. I can't remember if they went between the sleeve and the bushing or between the sleeve and the cab?
How about thos washer type plates up front. I can't remember if they went between the sleeve and the bushing or between the sleeve and the cab?
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I used my harmonic damper puller. Put two bolts with nuts thru the grooves to make 'legs' then used a long 5/16" bolt rhu the middle into a nut form the top side of the bushing. The nut would go thru the top half of the bushing but not the bottom, tighten down the bolt until they pop apart. I found it much easier than fighting against the give of the rubber with a hammer.
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Thanks for all the advice. I went back last night and whacked them again, and they came apart. I think the pre-lube helped some, or maybe I hit it harder :-)
