I was just taking a peek at your collection of videos, you have a lot of mechanic stuff there, I did an in frame on my Detroit 60 12.7 this winter and put it all up on KZfaq. Thanks for liking my vids.

Explained really good

Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.

It's a day job

Thank you for the comment. There's not much suspension covered here but you can ask anything anytime, if I know how to answer I will.

I hope it works out good for you.

Thank you Sir. Glad to hear that.

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would love to see a pic of that

HI FROM MEXICO

BW8x10 the torch use only is Rubber bushing bro

thanks

Uh--- -- I do not find the leafsrings as "inexpensive": $730.00 August 2022 Chicago Area fir the soring and fasteners; no shackes or brackets.

You’re what most would call a suspension guru. Good on ya for honing the craft

Thank you Sir. I break a few rules but I always get it done, I won't upload it until it is fixed. Thanks for subscribing.

You're welcome, I hope you don't need to go through as much as I did on mine. Thanks for watching.

I wish I had a son or grandson with that attitude. I'd settle for a neighbor kid.

Thanks for watching and commenting Aaron.

Thanks for watching.

You're welcome, thank you for the comment and for watching.

a dealer mechanic told me that they burn them out so I do it like that because I have no doubts about my torch work, I do have a lot of torch and welding experience. I only had 1 or 2 negative comments about that, I guarantee that person who left those comments has no clue how to do any torch work or weld either.

If you didnt burn them out, how would you get them out?

Steven Haviland we used to use a hydraulic ram that had a hole through the cylinder spacers and washers with pull it right out or like the dude said in the comment above you could use an air chisel I've never done it that way

Steven Haviland oh yeah then you take a Rheem for final sizing

@@robertatwood2503 Yes ,it can be done with chisel another option is shackle pin bushes bushes installer which can be made on lathe , this metod with oxy cutting is fine longest you dont cut inside of the spirng eye .

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Thank you Sir. A house freezer only goes down to 15 - 20 f normally, that's 50 - 60 degrees colder than outside on a warm day, not much difference, a torch can warm up that eye on that spring 500 degrees fast without hurting the temper, (10 times the difference) but I still like the threaded rod. A lot of people believe the freezer will do it, I never tried it because I already know it's not that much temperature difference. Thanks again.

Gordon Robertson My teacher in welding school had us do it all the time with shop frozer. Worked every time I done it! Hope helps

Thanks for the comment. I hope you didn't have as much trouble as I did.

Thanks Jasen.

Thanks for watching.

Thanks Mark.

The only special tool you will need is a torch and someone who knows how to use it, you know someone who has one, have him look at my video and ask him if he will come and do it with you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you sir.

Thanks for the comment, I've not done that on the Century, I hope it goes well for you.

Thanks Dennis

Well I obviously wrote that too soon!!😂😂

Thank you sir.

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Good luck, it's a big job. Be sure to put as many shims on the pins as you can.

Thank you too! and thanks for subscribing.

Thank you Sir.

Thank you for watching, hope it helps if you're doing something like that.

Thanks Scott.

Thanks bud.

Thanks Javier

Thanks for watching.

Thank you sir.

I still have the aluminum bracket for that upper bushing, I do plan to change the bushing if I need to do it again or even on another truck that uses that same one. I'll just weld a bead inside the bushing to shrink it and slowly heat the aluminum if it needs it, it will slip out that way.

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No school like old school!

Fernando Rodriguez.

Thank You Sir.

Some people think it does but my personal opinion no it doesn't if you don't sit there and get it way too hot

Thank you Sir.

Thank you sir.

New springs do settle after a couple months of use. If a reputable spring shop made the springs, I would take their word for it. I would have to look at it myself to offer an opinion. Thanks for watching.

I appreciate the offer but I don't know how to set that up, there used to be a link for that but it's well hidden now if it still exists. Unfortunately KZfaq does not have any tech support, everything is done on the site only.

@@57bagre Patreon or PayPal could help you receive donations. I can only imagine the time and effort you put into your videos, hard to believe you don't try to make a little off of them.

I appreciate the suggestion Jason, I do have a PayPal button on my page now, it's on the lower right corner of the picture on the desktop view, I don't think it shows on the mobile app, you can change your mobile app to show in desktop view and find a lot of options the mobile doesn't have. I don't push the idea of donating because KZfaq does pay me for these videos, not enough to live on alone as of yet but as my channel continues to grow (more views and more subscribers) I will receive more pay. I still work full time driving and part time doing repair work and outdoor services, I hope to have this channel earning enough to help with retirement so I can quit driving and only work part time doing KZfaq and my other part time work when I get to retirement age which is pretty much here now but not the pay part yet. I'm going to do a video soon on how to navigate my channel so keep watching and thanks again.

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Thank you Sir.

They are not aluminium are they? Alloy would be way too soft.

Some people think it would be easier to freeze them but I never tried it that way, I don't think it would help because the temp. difference from a house freezer to working outside really isn't that much (50 deg. or so) the temp difference from cutting out the old ones would be at least a couple hundred deg. and the thin bushings would instantly change to the temp. of the spring eye before you got done installing it. I never tried it, just doesn't make sense to me, not much temp diff. Thanks for watching.

@@57bagre Sorry Gordon but freezing bushes it makes difference . Try and you will found out ... You dont believe in this metod but you did not try it ? It is common metod with heavy trucks applications freezing bushes and pins before instalation

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Gracias.

Well then I guess the backup plan would be an experienced mechanic friend who doesn't know the words "I can't"

Not much difference, just the spring doesn't slide from side to side the 1/16" to 1/18" like it did before putting in the shims.

I can't say that changing the pins and bushings will stop the tires from cupping, but if it needs it do it, it will help, and it will prevent further damage. You can save your steer tires if it's not too late by running them on the drives if you have enough tread left, after they run on the drive axle long enough the cupping will disappear, of course by then they will be getting too worn to use for steers but it's better than just paying to dispose of them. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Nathan Sutton yes they can but I would check to make sure the U-bolts on the axle are tight.