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I sure hope a shackle flip is worth it..

twoslo4five0

twoslo4five0

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Just got done working and im freaking exhausted...got 4 of the rivets ground down and the pass side shackle hanger off...man im beat...also got the old blocks out and one of the zero rates instaled and the u bolt and everything put back togher...i sure hope all this work is worth it!!!
 
hot wrench and then air chissle when hot each one to pop the rest out.

and you will love the way the flip rides when done. much softer . it fells funny at first and over 45* angles . like if you dont go stright in to a parking lot thats raised off the main street.
 
sweetk30 said:
hot wrench and then air chissle when hot each one to pop the rest out.

and you will love the way the flip rides when done. much softer . it fells funny at first and over 45* angles . like if you dont go stright in to a parking lot thats raised off the main street.
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i might be dumb but what is a hot wrench..i tried the air chisel today but no use....
 
Are you working on the burb? If so, they are a pain, but just wait till you get to the driver side,lol. I use a torch to trim the head of the rivet off, then pry the bracket off with a large prybar, then grind the rivet flush with frame and beat it out with a hammer and punch or air chisel.
Just keep at it, and before you know it, you'll be done.
Jimbo
 
Jimbo* said:
Are you working on the burb? If so, they are a pain, but just wait till you get to the driver side,lol. I use a torch to trim the head of the rivet off, then pry the bracket off with a large prybar, then grind the rivet flush with frame and beat it out with a hammer and punch or air chisel.
Just keep at it, and before you know it, you'll be done.
Jimbo
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yes i am...i have to drop the tank tomm i think not gonna be fun the straps are all rusty...the only torch i have is one of the little sodering propane torches...
 
1982blazer said:
I am doing the same thing you are and removing the rivets is tuely a pain in the a$$.
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really.. I had the side 4 rivets and 2 on the inside of the frame off in 30 mins.. redrilled my holes.... all bolted back on one side in 1.5hrs...

however yer doin a flip... good luck.. wish I was doing a flip... im just moving my hangers back.. :doah:
 
RootBreaker said:
really.. I had the side 4 rivets and 2 on the inside of the frame off in 30 mins.. redrilled my holes.... all bolted back on one side in 1.5hrs...

however yer doin a flip... good luck.. wish I was doing a flip... im just moving my hangers back.. :doah:
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you also have to remember you didnt have a bed...not complaning at all but its a lil harder climing undernieth and positiong everything right and not having any room...
 
All i have is a grinder, a drill , a bfh, and a punch. I have been grinding the heads off the rivets, i tried just punching them out after i grinded the heads off but that wouldnt work. So i have been drilling them out some then punching them through. I got the drivers side hanger off now, but one of the rivets on the inside of the frame rail is stuck and wont move and i have tried everything i guess i will just drill it out.

Edit: I highly doubt grinding them off is the best way but it is the only way i have to remove them.
 
twoslo4five0 said:
you also have to remember you didnt have a bed...not complaning at all but its a lil harder climing undernieth and positiong everything right and not having any room...
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ya know what dude.. yer right.. with the bed off.. I used my bfh and could swing that puppy...

also used a 5' crowbar!!
 
You guys are going about it all wrong. Just use a good quality cold chisle and knock them sum b!tches off with a BFH. It took maybe 15 minutes to remove my old shackle mounts this way.......Oh and wear protective clothing and eye wear..........
 
Never tried it Corey's way, but the grinder worked well for me. Good things is, I won't ever have to grind those rivets again.
 
Corey 78K5 said:
You guys are going about it all wrong. Just use a good quality cold chisle and knock them sum b!tches off with a BFH. It took maybe 15 minutes to remove my old shackle mounts this way.......Oh and wear protective clothing and eye wear..........
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i would love to but i dont have enough room under the burb 4 that...
 
Corey 78K5 said:
You guys are going about it all wrong. Just use a good quality cold chisle and knock them sum b!tches off with a BFH. It took maybe 15 minutes to remove my old shackle mounts this way.......Oh and wear protective clothing and eye wear..........
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Watcha you talking about Willis??? First I've heard of doing it this way. I've had my flip in the garage for a few months now and been puttling off the job. I've been dreading the rivits.

Please give this short bus student some insight.
 
Corey 78K5 said:
You guys are going about it all wrong. Just use a good quality cold chisle and knock them sum b!tches off with a BFH. It took maybe 15 minutes to remove my old shackle mounts this way.......Oh and wear protective clothing and eye wear..........
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That's how I did mine !!!!!
Just make sure the chisel is sharp.
 
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