Rear Shackle
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Rear Shackle
So, i've got a 95 F150 5.0/Aod 2wd, its my only vehicle
Today after leaving the yard for the storage unit the rear shackle on the passenger side broke, and has left the spring resting against the bottom of the bed, and i need to know.. Is it safe to drive this way until i can get it fixed this weekend?
can post up a pic if anyone needs it.
Today after leaving the yard for the storage unit the rear shackle on the passenger side broke, and has left the spring resting against the bottom of the bed, and i need to know.. Is it safe to drive this way until i can get it fixed this weekend?
can post up a pic if anyone needs it.
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It's do-able to drive it till the weekend, but I gotta say that's pretty unsafe. If you slam on the brakes the other side could break and a flopping rear end down the highway wouldn't be fun.
If you got in an accident you could be cited for carelessness or what ever it is.. I'd say try really hard to find another ride or walk....
If you got in an accident you could be cited for carelessness or what ever it is.. I'd say try really hard to find another ride or walk....
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Usually it just ends up being the rears that rust through, unless yours is horribly rusty. I purchased a truck that obviously had the rear shackles rust through, and the previous owner drove it till the springs rubbed through the bed of the truck. The front shackles don't rust out like the rears, so I really doubt the rear-end is going to fall out. You will be fine to drive the truck for weeks, but keep in mind it could ruin your bed, and u-joints.
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well, it had just happened today, only mark on the bed is from when it smacked against it when the shackle broke and its laying on one of the cross members for the bed, drivers side looks fine and the fronts are in good enough shape. thanks for the reply's
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i plan on taking a grinder to the heads of the bolts attached to the frame, and just punching them out the other side, hopefully wont need a torch so close to the gas tank
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But you will probably need to torch the bracket that is attached to the leaf spring. They are mounted in rubber, inside the leaf spring, and the bracket, with a steel sleeve, and the bolt is usually rusted to the sleeve that is within the rubber.
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Wooaa..more of a man than I am then. Heat is your friend, torch them a while, the rubber lets go of the steel sleeve, take the entire bolt and sleeve out. Seperate the bolt and sleeve, buy new bolts, reheat the sleeve cherry hot, put it back in the bracket, and it melts the rubber back around it. Like new, and the rubber inside the leaf spring and bracket doesn't know what happened. That has been my experience, I never wanted to sit under a rusty/muddy old Ford and chisel a bolt out.
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nope, that is not how to do it.
the fuel tank and vapors are way too close.
i have done over a half dozen trucks like this.
after you grind the ends off, it is only a couple of hits with a hammer and chisel.
the fuel tank and vapors are way too close.
i have done over a half dozen trucks like this.
after you grind the ends off, it is only a couple of hits with a hammer and chisel.
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