Cat_Rebel
Does not compute
Has anyone ever figured out why we continue to throw money at these trucks? Is it the love of the truck itself or is it something that goes even deeper?
Back in May after I got the shift kit in I thought it was high time that I take care of the busted leaf springs & hangers that I had been meaning to take care of since late last summer. Since my old bed was mostly trashed from the last owner never washing all the old road salt off it had taken it's toll on it. Without plans to keep it I thought I would throw it off & scrap it later & also allowing me full acess to work on the frame & clean the rust off it.
Bear in mind I was on my own durring this whole project. I also don't have a air compresser or air tools nore do I have a normal floor jack & jack stands. The torches were empty so all work was done with grinders & a hand held propane torch to help loosen bolts.
To start things out this is how it looked when I started the tear down...
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2130053410103447628GEFkoy]
This is what the frame looked like & the busted leafs....
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2671333350103447628PaLbzf]
This is the result of sitting there with a angle grinder with a sanding wheel, wire wheel on a buffer & good old hammer & chissle....
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2313574560103447628dukiCP]
The next step after the frame was cleaned & painted was to get the old springs & hangers off, no torch so it was just grind the heads off the rivets & bang em through with a hammer & punch. You can go ahead & laugh at my Redneck jackstands but they held it up for weeks just fine. Oh yes in the process also found out one of the leafs on the pass side broke so good thing I planned on replacing em anyways.
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2786092220103447628qRXcPJ]
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2676860970103447628ERwKKD]
Here's what it looked like when I was grinding the old hanger off...
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2707276160103447628OdjynI]
I'm going to make another post because I'm only part way though & I think I'm at my limit for pics in one post.
Back in May after I got the shift kit in I thought it was high time that I take care of the busted leaf springs & hangers that I had been meaning to take care of since late last summer. Since my old bed was mostly trashed from the last owner never washing all the old road salt off it had taken it's toll on it. Without plans to keep it I thought I would throw it off & scrap it later & also allowing me full acess to work on the frame & clean the rust off it.
Bear in mind I was on my own durring this whole project. I also don't have a air compresser or air tools nore do I have a normal floor jack & jack stands. The torches were empty so all work was done with grinders & a hand held propane torch to help loosen bolts.
To start things out this is how it looked when I started the tear down...
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2130053410103447628GEFkoy]
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[/URL]This is what the frame looked like & the busted leafs....
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2671333350103447628PaLbzf]
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[/URL]This is the result of sitting there with a angle grinder with a sanding wheel, wire wheel on a buffer & good old hammer & chissle....
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2313574560103447628dukiCP]
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[/URL]The next step after the frame was cleaned & painted was to get the old springs & hangers off, no torch so it was just grind the heads off the rivets & bang em through with a hammer & punch. You can go ahead & laugh at my Redneck jackstands but they held it up for weeks just fine. Oh yes in the process also found out one of the leafs on the pass side broke so good thing I planned on replacing em anyways.
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2786092220103447628qRXcPJ]
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[/URL][URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2676860970103447628ERwKKD]
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[/URL]Here's what it looked like when I was grinding the old hanger off...
[URL=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2707276160103447628OdjynI]
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[/URL]I'm going to make another post because I'm only part way though & I think I'm at my limit for pics in one post.