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Originally Posted by DWilbur
Dieselwrencher check out picture 3 he has a single jack. I smacked my hand several time before I got smart and held the punch with a pair of vise grips to pound out the rivets.
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I’m thinking the use of vise grips to hold the punch is some really good advice. Not that smart around here though but glad to report no busted knuckles this round.
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Originally Posted by DLTruck1973
If possible Brett, put some heat on them brackets around the rivet. They will practically fall out with not much effort at all.
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You know I've got an air hammer and some ear plugs but honestly they were popping out pretty easily with what we were using. So we didn’t need to bring the heat but I’m sure that would work really, really well. A couple of good smacks per rivet with my little friend is all it took.
Wish we could have found my very favorite 5 lb. shorty sledge for this round, it’s currently MIA!
Removed some old remnants of the welded on rear bumper brackets. Still need to lose the original rear spring hangers as I’m sure trying to use them would make the truck way to low in the back.