Doug,
It's been a long time since I did this, but I ran into the same problem
about 3 or 4 years ago on my Bugeye. That bolt goes all the way through the
spring to a fixing plate atop the spring. Seems I ended up cutting of the
remaining shank from inside the pocket with a hacksaw or sawzall, but still
couldn't remove the spring because the fixing plate won't clear the spring
pocket opening. As I recall, I removed the U-bolts that hold the leaves
together and removed the spring leaf by leaf until I had enough room to
remove the remaining assembly.
Gerard
At 10:45 PM -0800 12/11/00, Doug Ingram wrote:
>My winter project this year is a rear end rebuild of my bugeye, and
>replacing the 4.22 diff with a 3.9. Everything came apart very easily,
>except the absolute last thing. Just before I put a socket onto the head of
>the outer forward bolt on the right rear spring, I thought to myself - just
>this one, and disassembly is done..... but it couldn't be that easy. The
>bolt sheared off just below the head.
>
>%&$#@!!!
>
>When something like this happens, I usually go to another project and think
>about it a little. Here's my question: If I start drilling the bolt, how
>deep will I have to go to loosen the spring and pull it out. Will having
>most of the bolt in place prevent the spring from being removed?
>
>Any help appreciated,
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
>1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
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