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36 Ford Truck - Leaf Spring
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The 1.5 ton leafs are heavy duty with 20 individual pieces counting the " helper" springs that were factory installed. |
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Rusted busted and crusted. Man I have been fighting rust for 43 years as I started when I was 7 in my fathers shop and I am 50 now. You could say I know how to deal with rust and beat it substantially . |
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Jack soaked up the springs with PBĀ blasters weeks ago to assist in the disassembly. |
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Each leaf was dipped, blasted and we are now coating just the surface areas that are seen when assembled. The glaze was applied to fill scarring pits. A very thin coat. |
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Hi build primer sanded until ready. |
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Factory shackles get honed out to receive bushings. |
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Honed and ready for fitting. |
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Slides in nice |
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Before and after blasting. |
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Zinc chromate primed all related parts. |
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Laid out and ready for assembly. |
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Stacked and ready to be assembled by Jack aka "capitan". |
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You need an engine hoist to fit these things, talk about heavy. |