Guest hudson owner Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) i have a 38 Hudson 8. one rear spring shackle bolt has snapped off at the head where the grease nipple is. leaving the thread end exposed and so am now unable to get grease into the bush. my luck running true to form i found the top shackle bolt has been welded in and even telling it its ancestor (swearing at it) has not shifted it. grinding the weld also resulted in failure so i cant remove the spring from the sub frame and now have to remove the broken bottom spring bolt in place. i propose making a grunty puller to force the bottom shackle out of the spring.i have looked at the threads regarding rusted shackle bolts but the hudson is different. explaining further the Hudson shackle bolt is hollow and threaded on the inside the other half is a threaded u bolt grease is applier at the end of the bolt forcing through the internal thread.because it is the bottom spring hanger a big hammer blow wont shift it.i have to try and slide the whole bolt out of the spring hence the problem.it was a tight fit originally and rust has ceased it in place as if it had been braised into the reader sorry about spelling and publication but i have done my best this timei started the original thread with the make and date and model it was the first line you read Edited March 5, 2015 by hudson owner (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen_Dyneto Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Can't help with your Hudson, but that's about the longest single sentence I've seen in a long time. I little punctuation might help us understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Punctuation is going the way of cursive writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I removed bushes from spring eyes using a long bolt, bits of pipe to push the bush into and a stack of washers and spacers just big enough to push on the bush and go through the spring eye. A fine thread on the bolt is better, well lubricated. No great force is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Take it to a spring shop. They deal with worse every day. Even big trucks. They can take your springs off, rearch, recondition, intall new sliders, new bushings and shackles, all for $200 - $250 bucks. And, they can put in rubber bushings that need no grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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