I could kill the engineer who...

[Tacoma]

... designed GM's rear shackle mount rivet deal. Those bastards sure do their job!! I ground the heads off them all, and still had to pound like hell to pry the mount off.

Anyone else wants to do this, do yourself a favor and drop the tank, grind them off from INSIDE. Won't be much easier, but the heads are smaller, and you only have to beat them through the frame, not the frame AND the bracket.

and if anyone's wondering, well damnit they have to come off for the f'ing shackle flip, mmkay?! good

 

[Jeremy]

when we did hammys blazer we where done with the rear in an hour and a half. we burned, we didnt grind. the biggest problem we had was the steering arm. i think i called you for advice on that one.

 

[Tacoma]

LOL

what did I tell you? Because the link is stuck in mine, and I need it OUT. I probably said "Get a BFH, and hit with your purse." That's what I'm going to do in the morning.

A torch would definitely have helped. NOT FUN!!! Still have the other side to do in the morning too. My neighbors will likely MURDER me after this.

 

[Jeremy]

those damned cone washers are a *****. lots of heat. we got it by heating up the arm, washers and studs with the torch. then with a spray bottle we squirted just the studs and cones(as close as we could get to just the studs and cones) with water and they just sort of popped out. then we still had to beat the shite out of it to get the arm off the studs.

 

[BioNuke1]

Wait... Isn't it a good thing that these rivets are very dificult to remove?

 

[StrobeNGH]

Wait... Isn't it a good thing that these rivets are very dificult to remove?

Not if you're trying to remove them.

 

[Tacoma]

Apparently, the replacement mount's BOLTED hardware aren't a problem, so....

 

[Tacoma]

those damned cone washers are a *****. lots of heat. we got it by heating up the arm, washers and studs with the torch. then with a spray bottle we squirted just the studs and cones(as close as we could get to just the studs and cones) with water and they just sort of popped out. then we still had to beat the shite out of it to get the arm off the studs.

aaaaahhh yeah, I remember now.

On mine, the old draglink end is holding firm. I'm either going to break the arm in half tomorrow, or get that (&!*#$!@# thing out. I have a shiny new one poised expectantly and hanging from the steering box already.

 

[soda blaster]

on trucks they said it was very easy just cut an x in the rivet and use your air chisel to pop them out easy as that and if it is on trucks you know it's the truth.

 

[Tacoma]

That would probably work really well, if only I had an air chisel.

 

[spaggyroe]

and if anyone's wondering, well damnit they have to come off for the f'ing shackle flip, mmkay?! good

What I'm wondering is where the blazer build / tech thread is...
C'mon Leroy, show us the project pics.

 

[Tacoma]

heheh they're coming.

 

[spencurai]

Ford does the same thing with their TTB front suspensions...torch, hammer, air chisel...the works. I did my original lift on my exploder about ten years ago in a truck stop mechanic shop with all the super duper tools I could handle...it was nice with the right tools.

 

[Will3161]

They use rivets because its cheaper and less likely to bet screwed up than bolts (from the factory, I mean).

 

[DOSS]

Yawll know this thread if from 08 right?

 

[JL Rockies]

Lame

 

[TRNDRVR]

Yawll know this thread if from 08 right?

Uh?

 

[Tacoma]

Huh. Spence isn't the type to necropost. Wonder what's up with that LOL

 

[spencurai]

I swear this thread just showed up...weird...sorry lol.