Defenseless my arse. That thing put up a fight like a ..... well you finish it. lol.

 

i still say to try that blade

 

I guess I could, but it didn't do so well on that bushing.

 

it'll take about 15 seconds to figure out

 

Ok done, for now. The bracket is a little bent but not much to worry about I wouldn't thin. It's tricky to get this tight without that sleeve in there. But that's why I chose to go lockwasher and double nut. Till I get a chance to find some nylocks. Should be fine though. If not smack me. lol. Anyway onto the pics.

3/4" holes drilled for new hardware. Yes grade 8. I think the factory bolts are Grade 5?




Test fit, notice how close. About a finger's width away from the gas tank. Goo thing nothing here moves in relation to one another.




Took some finagling to get the bushing to line up to the holes. Jacking the axle up to compress the spring a little worked as well as my prybar to help lengthen the spring enough to get the bolt started. Had to hammer the bolt in a little as it was tight. Poly bushings will go in alot easier.




From the other side of the hanger you can see the bracket pinched a little. Don't think that's too much of an issue right now either. Worst case scenario I can think of right now is it squeaking a little.




All done and on the ground. For now.

 

good.

as that (those) was the major hurdle, glad to see the hopefully more difficult of the 2 is out of the way.

on to the other side???

you get that stuff done on both sides and switching these springs oughta go MUCH better.

pics of bump-stops?

 

them's purdy little tires.

oh BTW, your tires have been disgraced by having a polka-dot umbrella resting on them. removed several levels of manliness from them by doing that. sorry.

 

haha, if anyone sees anything deathly unsafe here let me know please. Unlike alot of other guys, I can take it.

 

are you talking about just with the bolt or the whole truck in general.....cuz, i don't know that i have that much time to post that.

 

bumpstops courtesy of kiyobrown. Can't thank you enough man.

 

do you still have your 3 pieces??

do you like coffee or tea? we were hoping tea.........harharhar

 

coffee, but the girlfriend drinks tea. lol, I was wondering why that was in there. lmao.

 

your shipment was teabagged...it's a PNW tradition

 

I thought the tea thing was a Boston thing.

 

Hahahaha


That's a tea party...I guess you can tea bag at a tea party!!!!

 

joe's windshield trim suffered the same fate

 

I feel deprived, I only got 1 tea bag. lol.

 

his got mailed out and sent back for extra packaging so it actually got mailed out twice.....so it got "extra attention".

 

Looks like the drivers side is gonna put up a fight too. Where's my hammer. lol.

 

Jerry, I am gonna have to cut this outta here when I get down there. The sleeve isn't breaking away from the bushing like the other side. Which means the new hardware wont go in due to the sleeve being in there. If I cut it out here I won't be able to get it down there. I think what's going on on this side is that the outer sleeve is spinning in the spring. Remember the sleeve that I had issues with taking out in the new springs? Those. But I am not sure. I am not gonna attempt to take it out here and replace it with the new bushings which would be possible if I am right, but I am not gonna do all that here as I probably have pissed of you know who already.