replacement pins
Hi Bob,
I have done a pin replacment on 2 different Chevs. The first on a CGT and I had all new pins made up by a machinist friend.
Hardening and annealing etc is fine if you want to send your truck back off to war but is not nessesary if you use quality steel. The down side is the pins may only last about 60 years. Make sure the cotter pins are tight.
The idea is that the softer phos/bronze bushes wear first and not the pins. The wear on the pins happens when the bushes wear out through to the leaf eye (we've all see this) causing rapid damage. Bushes are still available in Australia (Coventrys) using the existing Chev part number.
With the second truck, "Lumpy" a C15A, I used the best pins I could find out of a heap of spares I had but used new bushes in the leaf spring eyes.
Some pins were only slightly worn, some like new and the rooted ones get thrown at next doors dog when it jumps my fence.
I think Ford ones are the same but you wouldn't want to ruin a good Chev.
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