How to remove leaf spring bolts without heat

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • Ok, this is a really cool technique that my father taught me back when I was but a teenager. A really cool technique you can use to remove a ceased up bolt without the use of heat. This can be used on many different types of jobs but I find it works best for getting a cut off bolt out of a sleeve in a rubber bushing.
    I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me.
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Комментарии • 67

  • @DavidDonn-s4u
    @DavidDonn-s4u 5 месяцев назад +4

    Great videos, I first met your father in 1973 , he was working for Marv Young in Brantford at the International Dealership . They had a small spring shop in one corner. Your father worked like a titan. Back in the good old days when men where men. Nice to see your just as tough. Be sure to say hello from David Donn .

  • @cosmichasm
    @cosmichasm Год назад +5

    As someone who uses headphones while watching videos, thank you for damping the sounds when things get loud. Many ears thank you.

  • @lukeporter8614
    @lukeporter8614 2 года назад +7

    Trying to make content... The only time you WANT the job to be harder 😂

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад +2

      I thought the dry one would be more seized up.................who knew.

  • @kgraydakota
    @kgraydakota 2 года назад +12

    I love the way you adjust the volume of the video when you use the air hammer. Not many youtubers do that.

  • @salatiello1956
    @salatiello1956 Год назад +1

    Hey Scott. Do you have a suggestion for how to get the rear most leaf spring bushing out on a 2010 Silverado while the spring is still on the truck?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  Год назад

      We always take the springs out of the vehicle. some people drill the rubber out, but that seems like a pile of work.

    • @thankswillie
      @thankswillie Год назад

      do like i said,works on s10

  • @randycordes464
    @randycordes464 Месяц назад +1

    Great video thanks

  • @dadbodforlife
    @dadbodforlife 2 года назад +6

    Looks like an Alec Steele anvil.

  • @andyg817
    @andyg817 2 года назад

    Any tip for removing a seized spring shackle pin from a hanger in situ,.. . ??? . without access of a hammer blow...

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад +1

      you need an air hammer, or air chisel and a torch. heat up the head of the bolt read hot real quickly and then let the heat penetrate into the bolt. hit with the air chisel. make sure that you leave the nut on the end of the bolt so you have something to "hang" onto the end of the air chisel.
      I have a video on it "how to remove leaf springs bolts using heat"

    • @andyg817
      @andyg817 2 года назад

      @@simcoespring no, like a pin with a thread on the end to take grease and fit a grease nipple...🙂🙂

  • @Anton-x6r9n
    @Anton-x6r9n 10 месяцев назад

    Developed world "tricks" are SOP in the developing world.

  • @SCVM__
    @SCVM__ 2 месяца назад

    Good buddies are always willing to Help You with a Nut Punch

  • @garrettgiuffre7298
    @garrettgiuffre7298 Год назад +1

    Excuse my ignorance but outside of needing to save the bushing what's the purpose of this if you already have new bushings is there a reason to care if you destroy the old bushing?

  • @noahriding5780
    @noahriding5780 Месяц назад

    That leaf spring looks VERY flat. Was it done that way on purpose? I have a utility trailer that was homemade that I got from someone with leaf springs just like that. And the trailer is already like really high off the ground even with the flat leaf spring. And this makes me wonder if some of those leaf springs someone may have done flat on purpose?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  Месяц назад +1

      these leaf springs are naturally really flat. they are out of a chevy 1500 pickup and they are designed to bend backwards when under load.

  • @mitchellsandlin7161
    @mitchellsandlin7161 5 месяцев назад

    Did both of mine on the truck in the gravel. No heat. It can be done.

  • @philipschuetz4856
    @philipschuetz4856 4 месяца назад

    If people would only use antisize

  • @nivek663
    @nivek663 2 месяца назад

    Nice video but what if you dont want to disconnect the front end of the leaf spring and still need the back off in order to replace the shackle?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  Месяц назад

      this if for when customers bring in bolts they cut off with a grinder. not my favorite way to disassemble a leaf spring suspension.

  • @wolfman7393
    @wolfman7393 5 месяцев назад

    Easy if you can get it to the bench. A lot more challenging when it’s on the car…

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  5 месяцев назад

      we have a video on that too, how to remove leaf spring bolts using heat

  • @AdamBrock479
    @AdamBrock479 6 месяцев назад

    Nobody has a Giant shop 😂

  • @deathvalleyalex9485
    @deathvalleyalex9485 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing . Used the nut and punch method on a de soto left rear spring that was giving my uncle heartburn for weeks .

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад

      Good stuff! you can't use heat or everything goes in the trash.

  • @williamstubbs9737
    @williamstubbs9737 4 месяца назад

    well done! Nice to see that your father passed on his skills and that you took them to heart. don't see that much anymore. I taught my boys some essential skills to help them throughout their life's journey. basic home and auto repair to get you by when you don't have the money to hire it out or take it in to the shop. I really like your work ethic and energy you apply when tackeling a job. Thanks for sharing your mad skills with us shade tree guys who need some guidence every now and then. 👍✌

  • @munromobile6539
    @munromobile6539 Год назад

    to get the bush out, get the bottles out, the burning gear, get the middle steal bit red hot then leave it burn out while ya drink a cup of tea.

  • @ke9527
    @ke9527 8 месяцев назад

    But while it's still mounted, how then? that is what the question is.

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  7 месяцев назад

      try my video of "how to remove leaf spring bolts using heat" it shows how to extract them on the vehicle.

  • @mrbookends
    @mrbookends Год назад

    Nice tips! I just bought a project 1977 Datsun 620 and I'm doing my due diligence on everything I need to sort out for a frame-off restoration. My leaf spring bushings are all sitting haphazardly in what used to be "rubber" and I'm sure it will be a mighty long day of grumbling and sweating.

  • @johnjohannemann1220
    @johnjohannemann1220 2 года назад +3

    Good job as always 👍🏻

  • @hfdzl
    @hfdzl 2 года назад

    Just wondering, Did you have your Carpal tunnel surgery yet?

  • @FireBosspilot
    @FireBosspilot 9 месяцев назад

    I’ve also seen a balljoint press used to push the bolt through.

  • @integr8er66
    @integr8er66 2 года назад

    If its off the vehicle, why not use that 100 ton press? Or was this just to show a low tech way? Also, why do you cut the bushing outer, couldn't you just press it out as well?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад +1

      The spring was removed by the customer. Just showing a tow tech way of removing bolt stumps.

  • @dawsonford2015
    @dawsonford2015 Год назад

    Any suggestion when neither of these options work? I’m ready to burn the damn truck to the ground

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  Год назад

      have a few videos that might...might help.
      How to remove leaf spring bolts using heat.
      The only other option is to cut it all apart and replace the bushings. Removing these bolts can be one of the hardest thing you'll ever do.

  • @brianb5779
    @brianb5779 2 года назад +1

    What a beautiful press!!

  • @mabelodell8439
    @mabelodell8439 11 месяцев назад

    How do you get the outer sleeve out. When, you don't have a shop. Don't have an anvil. Don't have air tools.

    • @opossumstudios907
      @opossumstudios907 6 месяцев назад

      Sawzall with metal blades, or screw driver through rubber until you can pull
      Metal out

  • @pamtnman1515
    @pamtnman1515 Год назад

    *without heat* but yeah, good video, thank you

  • @NateASE
    @NateASE 11 месяцев назад

    You can also cut the head off, then use a nut on the other end’s threads. Tighten nut to pull bolt out

    • @frankkoppen7281
      @frankkoppen7281 6 месяцев назад

      just used this technique today .. Thank You very Much...

  • @TheWwong
    @TheWwong 2 года назад

    Your anvil looks clean enough to eat off of........LOL

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад +1

      lol I think we polished it for my anvil review video the night before hehe.

  • @logicalguy488
    @logicalguy488 2 года назад

    Was the press broken for the first 5 minutes of this video ?

    • @NatesToolbox
      @NatesToolbox Год назад

      These videos are usually for people without an industrial press or specialised tools which is 95% of people 👍🏻

  • @kirk8545
    @kirk8545 Год назад

    cool video, what's the hole on the anvil called?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  Год назад +1

      hardy hole and pritchel hole
      Hardy hole is the square one and the pritchel hole is the round one.
      I always call the pritchel hole the pritcher hole lol

  • @bugajgames5208
    @bugajgames5208 2 года назад

    How do you do that when it is still on the car?

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад +1

      I have a video for that. How to remove leaf spring bolts using heat.

  • @zemanzee8949
    @zemanzee8949 2 года назад

    nice anvil!

  • @MarkLeonTanner
    @MarkLeonTanner 2 года назад +2

    I appreciate what you do man... I'm a carpenter and our trades are similar in that shit always goes wrong, you don't always have the thing you need, but the job needs to get done... So you get it done...

  • @raylaux8295
    @raylaux8295 2 года назад

    All this labor, for what, buy new springs. If the bolt is froze the spring is trash....

    • @donmunro144
      @donmunro144 2 года назад

      Not necessarily. If you noticed that's the fixed end of the spring. The bushing would have enough flex to not be tore up.

    • @simcoespring
      @simcoespring  2 года назад

      I don't know why someone would throw out a $300 spring for the cost of $55 bucks in labor and parts.

    • @johnmills837
      @johnmills837 2 года назад

      @@simcoespring Wore out Bushings, wore out spring. $200 for new spring shipped to me. These 1500 trucks had weak springs from the factory. Rated for only 1,500lbs many broke and GM replaced under warranty.