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Been a while but I almost got this back together. Timeout for a surgery and the holidays.
I decided to go ahead and pull the entire axle assembly to clean it up and paint it and to replace the springs while I was at it. I call it the "while we're at its". If you've ever remodeled a kitchen you know what I'm talking about.
Some pix here: https://photobucket.com/spriteAxle
When I took the springs out and unbolted the front mounting bracket from both springs the brackets got wider and wider as I turned the bolt out.
I had to cut the bolts out as the captive bolt was getting stripped.
I tapped the bolt out and can turn a new bolt in. But, I am wondering a couple of things
1) What is it that causes the bracket to be under such stress that it behaves that way as you turn the bolt out? I have BFH'd them back square. which brings me to question 2) Should I replace these brackets? Each side was bent about 1/4 from square with the rest of the bracket. I just wonder if they are still safe?
I've done some googling but see no dicussion out there around this.
I decided to go ahead and pull the entire axle assembly to clean it up and paint it and to replace the springs while I was at it. I call it the "while we're at its". If you've ever remodeled a kitchen you know what I'm talking about.
Some pix here: https://photobucket.com/spriteAxle
When I took the springs out and unbolted the front mounting bracket from both springs the brackets got wider and wider as I turned the bolt out.
I had to cut the bolts out as the captive bolt was getting stripped.
I tapped the bolt out and can turn a new bolt in. But, I am wondering a couple of things
1) What is it that causes the bracket to be under such stress that it behaves that way as you turn the bolt out? I have BFH'd them back square. which brings me to question 2) Should I replace these brackets? Each side was bent about 1/4 from square with the rest of the bracket. I just wonder if they are still safe?
I've done some googling but see no dicussion out there around this.
