help with rear springs

does any one know how to take take the rear leaf springs out of the brackets of a 53 ford f100 i see they have a grease sert on the outside take that off looks like you could screw them off but nope isn't turning.( yes that sounded bad) any inside help would help. i really didn't wanna cut the brackets off of the frame but if i have to i will. thanks

 

They don't thread out, the just press out. Take a small punch and tap them out.

 

There is a lock pin facing front to rear on the bracket, this pin is threaded on one end with a nut. Take off the nut, and knock the pin out with a punch & hammer. It is wedge shaped and you tap the threaded side to get it out, but leave the nut threaded a few turns on the end to prevent damaging the threads. These locking pins wedge into a groove on the spring pins to keep them from just falling out.

To get the spring pins out, you need a long punch and hammer or impact hammer, and from the inside of the frame there should be an access hole where you drive the pin outwards through the bracket. There are a total of 6 Spring Pins and 6 Locking pins for the rear springs. They can be tough to get out. If you are reusing the old Spring Pins, clean the grease passages out real good and give them a good external cleaning before reinstalling.

 

thank u both very much this will make it easier than taking the brakets off of the frame. i love this site.

 

Always seems easier to ask on here instead of us spending an hour under the truck scratching our heads....LOL

 

well it was a good hour of scratching....

 

I had to add heat the the bracket because mine had been in for years and exposed to sailed roads. The bed wood had be replaced so I placed a sheet off aluminum above the shackle to deflect the heat & flame from the torch.

 

LOL ..... that was a good one!