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Are you certain Steve? My (weak) memory is thinking that the shim drops over the pin... But I can be way off base...

The shims shipped with two really long bolts. After realizing the shim is as thick as the current stud is long, it dawned on me the foley of my ways! No big deal they will make nice door stops!

Sounds like "Wall Art" I' ve done that before

Originally Posted by stovens

the shims shipped with two really long bolts. After realizing the shim is as thick as the current stud is long, it dawned on me the foley of my ways! No big deal they will make nice door stops!

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Hey Roger here yah go:

So what you're saying is that you drilled out the shim to fit over the rounded "head" of the bolt, which is the "pin" that fits into the mounting plate on the axle, and that with the shim in place the "pin" is now hidden within the shim, leaving nothing to lock the spring to the axle mounting plate to prevent rotation, right? If that's the situation then I'd agree that you shouldn't have drilled out the shim, and instead it would be added beneath the "pin" as part of the spring pack.

you can weld up the hole and drill again.

Originally Posted by cffisher

you can weld up the hole and drill again.

That'll work, but that's some tough drilling through weld material!

put a sleeve (bushing) in the hole and gas weld it in.

send me your old shim measurements i will cut and mill you out two in cold roll steel ship them to you for 20 bucks

Roger that is exactly it. New shims weren't bad, just the cost of shipping was hard to eat. I figure I'm glad I did it on a cheap part vs. something really expensive. Just a part of the learning curve, I figured if I post this someone down the line might be spared a similar mistake.

Pat thanks for the generous offer! I would take you up on it, but have already ordered the new shims a couple of days ago.

Charley I actually thought of that but haven't welded cast iron before, and figured it would be more trouble than the 23 bucks for a new pair! I'm still thinking they will come in handy for something down the line!

Yep Steve, just part of the learning curve... 8-)

We've all done it at time or two. Glad it wasn't very expensive!

You did the right thing, ordering a new pair. Considering they're cast I wouldn't have messed with trying to fix them, either. They are not that expensive, just the hassle of paying shipping on them. Like you said, a piece of inner tube glued to the bottom and you've got a pair of dandy door stops!

Put the new leaf springs and shims in today finally! Seems like there is always another priority superceding the truck, but not today. Funny thing is the angle of the rear shackle compared to before. I guess it's because there is no load on the back right now!. Nice thing is the pinion angle looks about right on now, as opposed to before. Here are a few shots.

What is your pinion angle? Same as trans but opposite right?