spring removal
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From: Winnipeg, MB.
spring removal
need help with front of rear spring removal. the manual says to us a drift through the hole in the frame to drive out the pin. the hole is there but there is a crossmember brace in the way.has anyone got a solution as to how to get these pins out? by the way this is a 49 merc m47
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From: Kalispell, MT
Luck is a lot of it, but you can sorta feel your way around there. I doubt you can hit it hard enough to bend the frame rail. Use lots of lube and shake the shackle from time to time so the pin can exit - it probably has shoulders worn in that will catch on edges. Good luck with it!
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From: BC, Canada
For those two pins in mine, I removed the grease nipple and threaded in a homemade sliding hammer, Worked 2 for 2. It always puzzled me why the holes were there but you couldn't use them to drive the pins out! ...Terry
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From: Riverside, So Cal
Ditto to all of the above. The one thing I would add is that rotating the pin ever once in a while when shaking the shackle during the extraction process helps also. It seems to get the shoulders past the bushing edges.
The slide hammer idea worked on 2 out of 4 for me. Pounding out the pin thru the frame access hole worked on the third. On the 4th one, I had to cut the spring, grind off the rivets, remove the fitting and press out the pin. Good thing I was replacing the springs anyway.
Oh yeah. Use a big hammer.
The slide hammer idea worked on 2 out of 4 for me. Pounding out the pin thru the frame access hole worked on the third. On the 4th one, I had to cut the spring, grind off the rivets, remove the fitting and press out the pin. Good thing I was replacing the springs anyway.
Oh yeah. Use a big hammer.
