HOW DO I REMOVE? Every thing else has come apart farely easy. Do I just need more mass X velocity? The picture is the front passenger spring
Leaf spring removal?
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Heat and a BFH are your friends. The old bushings are fused to your pin amd shackles. Burn those babies out, it will only take a few minutes per leaf. A small map gas or propane torch works great. Just make sure you are well ventilated as they smell really bad when you burn them out.
A map gas or propane torch works great. Put the nut back on the top of the treads if you intend to hit it with hammer and plan to reuse it. Get the pin red hot and use large channel locks to twist it out ( after you remove the nut of course). New greasable pins aren't that expensive and will save time in the future. Good luck
Try to tap on the outer mounting plate to get the pin to rotate, that is another way to break it free , hopefully enough to be able to drive it out. Hopefully you are not reusing them, I agree with JDC on the BFH..... SMACK IT !!!!
Good Luck
Kevin
Good Luck
Kevin
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Guess I'm buying a couple new tools tomorrow between work and school!
I agree with big drift. If going to be pounding on things with threads i use a large brass hammer and it has come in handy many times. Propane torch is a must if they have never been changed. Also having someone there to gently move that spring while you work that bolt out. Just be careful and shore the cruiser up with some jack stands. It may be overkill but I place one up front and one on the frame so if something gives, there is back up to catch it.
I just removed mine. they were stuck, but not really bad. what I did was take a thin blade screwdriver and wedge it between the oval part and the frame bracket . once it was out just a bit I could grab the pin with a large pair of channel locks and wiggle the pin out.
^^^All sound advice. I dropped the shackle 1st, then addressed the rear pin (floor jack was my friend). Centered the jack.
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I wanted to follow up and thank everyone for the advice. 4 pound hammer, map torch, and my neighbor's crow bar did the trick!! Also, wanted to shout out to SOR customer service. I couldn't remember part numbers and thought I confused the front and rear springs. Below is the reply got from them in case this thread pops up in someone else's searches. I'll try and post a couple pictures but I get pop ups like crazy when I access MUD on my iPhone 
"Hello,
The part number can tell the front to rear 287-20 is front and 30 is rear. Also the rear springs have more arc. The front are much flatter.
Regards"
"Hello,
The part number can tell the front to rear 287-20 is front and 30 is rear. Also the rear springs have more arc. The front are much flatter.
Regards"
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Couple before after nothing special
