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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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#$!!* Rear Spring Eye Pins
One down and 5 to go. I'm tired of hammering. I think I'll try the bottle jack approach.
 
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Ok, I'm better tonight. Springs are out. I'm pretty sure I've heard something about patience and persistence on FTE. It certainly applies to spring eye pin removal.
 
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Well you got the hard part outta the way! Now it just smoooooth sailing!
 
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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I recently did mine too...I had to put a propane torch on the pins to heat/shrink them a bit to get em out.
 
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