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Originally Posted by DJ S
I'm entirely rebuilding my front axle and now I've gotten to the point where I need to remove the front spring perches. One came out no problem but the other one won't budge. It looks like someone has been at this before and the threads are slightly mushroomed. I've been soaking it with PB blaster and have applied heat from a propane torch but nothing seems to be doing anything. Any suggestions and is there any hope in saving the slightly mushroomed threads?
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No heat. I welded 2 short pieces of flat bar with 5/8 holes to a 6' length of 1 1/2" pipe. Put a 5/8 bolt through the 2 pieces of flat bar and the shackle bushing hole and tighten securely. Now you have 6' of leverage to rotate the perch bolt back and forth using a lot of penetrating oil until loose enough to tap out.
I built this tool because I had a lot of front axles to disassemble and I didn't want to use heat. Worked good! Bill