Leafsprings.

[corknose]

(probs wrong forum but im a memeber here so here it goes)

Hey guys I have a 1979 hilux long bed and I have been trying to get the leafs out to lower it.

I have take both nuts off the bolts at either end un done the u bolts and the shock. Then put the nut back on and tried to hi the bolt through the leaf. Didnt budge.

Anytips on getting them out?

Cheers cal

[Tim.duncan]

Bigger knockometer?

[macca1590]

big hammer? if that dont work get a bigger one? haha
toyota no.1 special service tool

[lolwat]

shackle bushes are probs 20-30 years old, get some super pro ones, and burn the old ones out

[squish_m8]

large mallet is the way to go. WD40 might help also

[corknose]

Yeah my try the air hammer at work this arvo.

[*E7*]

leave the main leaf in, separate the pack and remove excess leafs and or invert other leafs. replace bolts and nuts, done???

[blinded]

When in doubt use a hammer.

The bigger the doubt, the bigger the hammer. :D

[greeneyes]

Which bolt are you trying to get out?? The eyebolts in the spring hangars or the leafpack bolt though the middle of the leafpack. A photo would help.

We changed all of them recently, fitting new bushes in the leafpacks and bought new U-bolts as the ute lost a wheel years ago and the bottoms of the U-bolts were ground away. The owner didn't realise the whole spring was mis-aligned, but it took us a jack and some levers to get it all back in and happy.

We took the leafpack center-bolt out with a hammer, but it was both worn from the leafs so we replaced it with an allen-headed harder steel one.