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Dang it. other side broke a couple years ago same spot. hooked a stump on axle while logging, it was bad it almost pulled driveshaft out of tranny kinking the u joint yoke bad messing up some of the splines inside yoke. Took off rear driveshaft and drove it home in front wheel drive!!! About 1 mile.
so my son a master mechanic fixed the first spring that broke had my truck for a month n half had a lot of problems getting sping to line up said had to use a tool similar to jaws of life.
I did a search here for a how to but not finding on our years truck. But im new.
if anyone can put up a link to other threads would be nice.
look at that michigan rust in pic
I’ve never needed any special tools to install the new spring. It should line right up.
Basically you:
Jack up the rear. Support on tall jack stands. The stands have to be placed on the frame so that the rear axle can hang there. Place the jack under the axle so you can raise and lower the axle as needed to remove/ install the bolts Remove tires, u-bolts and the front and rear spring eye bolts. It may be easier to remove the shackle bolt. Good luck getting those bolts out. I have always had to cut them out with a combination of cutoff wheel, angle grinder and reciprocating saw. Install new u- bolts, shackle(?) and spring bolts. Torque to spec with the weight of the vehicle on the springs.
