Rear Spring Shackle Removal
Phantom of the Phorum
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From: Kentucky
Good, solid jack-stands under the frame. Then a hydraulic or screw-jack under the axle.
With the truck on the jack stands and the wheels off the ground, put just enough support under the axle, with the jack, to make the spring neutral. Not really compressed, but not hanging. When you get the shackle loose, slowly lower the jack.
If you're going to do your own work on a vehicle, you need a good set of jack-stands. Don't go cheap. And use them correctly. If you use the ratchet type with a safety pin, always use the pin.
With the truck on the jack stands and the wheels off the ground, put just enough support under the axle, with the jack, to make the spring neutral. Not really compressed, but not hanging. When you get the shackle loose, slowly lower the jack.
If you're going to do your own work on a vehicle, you need a good set of jack-stands. Don't go cheap. And use them correctly. If you use the ratchet type with a safety pin, always use the pin.
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Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Wentzville, MO
Rear and on our old trucks Front springs aren't under pressure once they are jacked up. Leaf springs aren't like coil springs and under pressure with the tires off the ground. You can actually see when there is no load on them. Once the moving shackle drops to its lowest travel the spring is pretty much unloaded. Just an FYI DON'T Stick your finger in the pin hole while driving it out.
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