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I would cut out the top rubber bushing if your going to try an separate as its just to flexing , this will allow it to drop an pull against the metal solidly
I can only add how I did mine but it took torch to get cherry red to separate the upper an lower sleeves , but I had pulled cab off an bed , I cut out the rubber bushings off and then cut the upper sleeves top part off to drop it out and then put in a vise to heat then separated the upper an lower sleeves , then I made a new top for my upper sleeve mount and bought new lower mount original style from bronco graveyard but the upper I made to be like original ,,of course I had it all pulled and as your finding out there pretty well seized together , all I can add is sometimes they can be separated and sometimes they don't ,,heck I had the cab off and had tried to separate with hammer an punch , perhaps I could have tried harder and got them separated but it was easier to cut a fab later , first picture is the lower which can be bought and 2nd picture is how I made the upper which I later welded together ,,I hope you get them apart but for me cutting a fabricating was quicker in the long run for me as I installed new bushings ,,
I would cut out the top rubber bushing if your going to try an separate as its just to flexing , this will allow it to drop an pull against the metal solidly
I can only add how I did mine but it took torch to get cherry red to separate the upper an lower sleeves , but I had pulled cab off an bed , I cut out the rubber bushings off and then cut the upper sleeves top part off to drop it out and then put in a vise to heat then separated the upper an lower sleeves , then I made a new top for my upper sleeve mount and bought new lower mount original style from bronco graveyard but the upper I made to be like original ,,of course I had it all pulled and as your finding out there pretty well seized together , all I can add is sometimes they can be separated and sometimes they don't ,,heck I had the cab off and had tried to separate with hammer an punch , perhaps I could have tried harder and got them separated but it was easier to cut a fab later , first picture is the lower which can be bought and 2nd picture is how I made the upper which I later welded together ,,I hope you get them apart but for me cutting a fabricating was quicker in the long run for me as I installed new bushings ,,
thanks
after a few more tugs I found the limits of my PVC contraption so I put the old bolt back in and called it a day
I was wondering - why can’t I just take a sawzall and cut the whole thing out - I bought new hardware with the bushings - it doesn’t look the same, but seems like I don’t need the old stuff
after a few more tugs I found the limits of my PVC contraption so I put the old bolt back in and called it a day
I was wondering - why can’t I just take a sawzall and cut the whole thing out - I bought new hardware with the bushings - it doesn’t look the same, but seems like I don’t need the old stuff
Yeah cut it off , all I tried to save was the upper sleeve because I wanted to make it like original , you can buy the bottom part but the upper that is sold is not exactly like the original but does work , I just opted to make my own
Last weekend I made the new hardware for my highboy to go with the new bushings. I used big washers, 3/4" pipe, and 1/2" pipe.
I used this thread for reference with my own measurements. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...em-solved.html
