removing rear leaf spring front pin
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:21 pm
This is a small but possibly useful tip that may work depending on the level of corrosion you have in this area. The small plate with 2 nuts through it is usually seized on to the pin which goes through the front spring eye. Often you have to grind the nuts off and knock the plate and pin out together. Unfortunately the nuts are not captive and the front one can't be got at with a second spanner, (hence the grinding).
I found that if you lightly hammer an old chisel in from the front you can wedge it between the nut and the floor pan which means the nut can be undone if not too badly corroded. I got away with it, anyway, (just), and it saved getting the grinder out and hacking about.
I found that if you lightly hammer an old chisel in from the front you can wedge it between the nut and the floor pan which means the nut can be undone if not too badly corroded. I got away with it, anyway, (just), and it saved getting the grinder out and hacking about.