splitting bones question

I just split the bones on a '36 spring in front axel I'm putting on a model A frame /'29 roadster. I soaked the perch boss area on both top and botton for several days and loosened the castel nuts. I then put the axel in a vice and soaked some more while moving the bones back and forth. I followed the same procedure as above again with the bones in the vice this time.
Everything moves freely . Is there then any reason why I would need to remove the spring perches other than making it easier to file angles and weld the bungs in? Maybe to trim and grind some of the mechanical brake stuff off? Did'nt find an answer in my searches for this, but lots of splitting bones info. Just trying to save some time and do it right the first time.
THANKS

 

If you are going to continue to run a spring in front, you will need to heat and bend the perches back to their original positions...otherwise, your spring will not fit.

 

It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to dis***emble the bones from the axle just so you can clean up everything including where the perches go down into the hole so you can lube them up for future removal, if necessary. You probably are going to prep and paint everything and will get a nicer job if you do the parts separately.

But no, lots of cars were done "in the day" by just swinging the newly cut bones off to their new position and bending the front part of them to realign the spring shackles, without taking the perch pins out. However, today we care a little more about cosmetics than we did back then.

Don