BFH and chisel time!
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BFH and chisel time!
First post, so I may as well 1) say thanks for having all questions answered re radius arm bushing support bracket rivet removal, and 2) to wryly grin and say that's my current project!
Sore shoulders are the only casualty after the first day's efforts, and one rivet is almost history! Thankfully, I only have three remaining on the driver's side, but I've never, in spite of some 25 years of personal vehicle maintenance on such varied rides as a '59 DeSoto and a '53 F100, needed to remove suspension rivets!
I thank my stars for good espresso and no snow on the ground right now!
Home is back in the woods off the beaten path in the Rocky Mountains, and the nearest garage of any sort is 'bout a half hour drive.
After 14 months, I love my straight six SB F150! This current repair looks to be the result of the previous owner 1) using the bottom of the radius arm bracket as a jack point of ignorance - it's perfectly flat; if not 2) an aborted attempt to replace the bushing, and when abandoned, the bushing was simply forced back into alignment of sorts and held there with what appears to be epoxy!
So, I forge ahead, back at it again tomorrow. My partner of 15 years is 5 months out of major back surgery (we've always been a team, two middle-aged women can fix just about anything when necessity demands; but now she's sidelined with two rods, six screws and a handful of plates in her lower back).
A singlejack and a 1" chisel are becomming my friends - reluctantly (thank heavens for Advil!).
Sore shoulders are the only casualty after the first day's efforts, and one rivet is almost history! Thankfully, I only have three remaining on the driver's side, but I've never, in spite of some 25 years of personal vehicle maintenance on such varied rides as a '59 DeSoto and a '53 F100, needed to remove suspension rivets!
I thank my stars for good espresso and no snow on the ground right now!
Home is back in the woods off the beaten path in the Rocky Mountains, and the nearest garage of any sort is 'bout a half hour drive.
After 14 months, I love my straight six SB F150! This current repair looks to be the result of the previous owner 1) using the bottom of the radius arm bracket as a jack point of ignorance - it's perfectly flat; if not 2) an aborted attempt to replace the bushing, and when abandoned, the bushing was simply forced back into alignment of sorts and held there with what appears to be epoxy!
So, I forge ahead, back at it again tomorrow. My partner of 15 years is 5 months out of major back surgery (we've always been a team, two middle-aged women can fix just about anything when necessity demands; but now she's sidelined with two rods, six screws and a handful of plates in her lower back).
A singlejack and a 1" chisel are becomming my friends - reluctantly (thank heavens for Advil!).
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From: MCAGCC 29 Palms Califonia
Dang...Sounds like whoever had the truck before you just was drivin' it into the ground, then decided to sell it! Good luck with that. Are you just using a regular jack!?!?!
~Phil
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(((sigh)))
A local welder came by to ask about some match-grade reloads for his 10mm, and recommended a 4-1/2 inch angle grinder! It works like a charm, and makes drifting out the rivet a snap!
(note to self: buy one next month!)
beckerjs, yep, I'd drilled through, to make the singlejack and cold chisel have a little easier time of it - but the angle grinder with a cut-off disk made short work of the remaining rivet heads.
Cheers!
A local welder came by to ask about some match-grade reloads for his 10mm, and recommended a 4-1/2 inch angle grinder! It works like a charm, and makes drifting out the rivet a snap!
(note to self: buy one next month!)
beckerjs, yep, I'd drilled through, to make the singlejack and cold chisel have a little easier time of it - but the angle grinder with a cut-off disk made short work of the remaining rivet heads.
Cheers!