most writeups ive seen unbolt the entire front axle first then cut the brackets off but i know ive seen some that leave everything intact and burn it off.(but i cant seem to find them now)time is not going to be on my side with this so i would like to get the whole thing out as quickly as possible.anyone have any tips?hopefully ill have the spring hangers on 1st before i even attempt this.also i assume i would loosten the bolt that tensions the t bars 1st(or even remove this bolt)
do you burn off the rear mounts for the t bar adjusters?one side looks like the e brake cable is part of it.the drivers side seems just in the way and the cat converter is even mounted sideways and hanging low because of the bracket.
any info or pix would be great
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Yes, disassemble the tbars first.

No, you don't torch off the parking brack side.

I torched off most of the ifs assembly in one shot, but if we did it again, we'd take it all apart. It's pretty heavy and we didn't want to scratch up the epoxy coated garage floor we were working on. That meant we had to lift it all up and move it and not simply drag it all out from under the truck. If you can drag yours out then I don't see a problem.

 

thanks steve
if i loosten the tensioners all the way and unbolt the front of the tbars will they pull out forward?or do they come out some other way?im sure this will look simple once i look at it again but im just trying to prepare myself for it.
thanks

 

There's nothing to unbolt in the front....just loosen the bolt in the rear wih truck on jack stands. It should come off. You might have to use a jack to raise the A-arm up a little.

 

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