Anyone have good picture of rear springs in their gallery, preferably an F2?
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Aw, Jon! You're a tease!! 
I need a picture about 6" higher, and 6" to the right! Basically, I'm looking for the hangers and shackles, front and rear...
When I took mine apart, it was going to be for a day or two, but ended up over a month, and can't remember just exactly how it all came apart. Have to make sure my angles are all perfect, so that the grease holes in the bushings line up with the grease holes in the pins.
While I have you - or anyone - my pins are just a little too tight on my bushings, especially on the shackles, to where I'm worried driving them in, will cause the bushings to move in the shackle, loosing the ability to lube correctly. Do the bushings have to be reamed, like the king pin bushings? My pins are .748, so a .750, or 3/4" ream, would be perfect, but wondering if other's have had to do this?
Thanks,
R
I need a picture about 6" higher, and 6" to the right! Basically, I'm looking for the hangers and shackles, front and rear...When I took mine apart, it was going to be for a day or two, but ended up over a month, and can't remember just exactly how it all came apart. Have to make sure my angles are all perfect, so that the grease holes in the bushings line up with the grease holes in the pins.
While I have you - or anyone - my pins are just a little too tight on my bushings, especially on the shackles, to where I'm worried driving them in, will cause the bushings to move in the shackle, loosing the ability to lube correctly. Do the bushings have to be reamed, like the king pin bushings? My pins are .748, so a .750, or 3/4" ream, would be perfect, but wondering if other's have had to do this?
Thanks,
R
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Hey Roger
My bushings were not eazy. The old ones were real bad of course, so much so that the bushing eyes on the springs were out of round. I had the new bushings pressed in at the machine shop ( after screwing one up trying to force one in , in typical cave man fashion ) and even after they pressed them in they still needed to hone them a bit, The new brass bushings became distorted/conformed to the old spring eyes and made the new pins to tight of a fit before honing them a bit. Not the perfect situation but serves my end game purpose. There may be a shot of my shackles in one of my past emails to you. I will get a couple shots to you tommorrow if nothing comes before then. Thanks for your help in my stance problems.
John
My bushings were not eazy. The old ones were real bad of course, so much so that the bushing eyes on the springs were out of round. I had the new bushings pressed in at the machine shop ( after screwing one up trying to force one in , in typical cave man fashion ) and even after they pressed them in they still needed to hone them a bit, The new brass bushings became distorted/conformed to the old spring eyes and made the new pins to tight of a fit before honing them a bit. Not the perfect situation but serves my end game purpose. There may be a shot of my shackles in one of my past emails to you. I will get a couple shots to you tommorrow if nothing comes before then. Thanks for your help in my stance problems.
John
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