What do you use for spring clamps? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

GeoB · 07-21-2005, 02:53 PM

I've pulled my spring packs apart a number of times trying this'n that. But I had to cut the big rivet originally, in order to get them all apart. Now I need to replace the spring clamp. Using an old one, or building one shouldn't be a problem, but how can I keep them in place? I was thinking of welding a thin strap to th etop of the clamp, and having it extend toward the shackle and hook on to something there to keep it in place.

(yes, I searched, thanks fer asking)

ih4x4 · 07-21-2005, 05:20 PM

hey gearge you could make a set like these link
chuck

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Originally Posted by GeoB

I've pulled my spring packs apart a number of times trying this'n that. But I had to cut the big rivet originally, in order to get them all apart. Now I need to replace the spring clamp. Using an old one, or building one shouldn't be a problem, but how can I keep them in place? I was thinking of welding a thin strap to th etop of the clamp, and having it extend toward the shackle and hook on to something there to keep it in place.

(yes, I searched, thanks fer asking)

LittleBlackSambo · 07-21-2005, 08:58 PM

try tacking a little threaded stud in the hole where the rivet went. keep the heat low, though. my buddy used hose clamps on his yoter. no, they didn't work out.

07-21-2005, 02:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
GeoB Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29991 Location: Fresno CA Posts: 535	What do you use for spring clamps? I've pulled my spring packs apart a number of times trying this'n that. But I had to cut the big rivet originally, in order to get them all apart. Now I need to replace the spring clamp. Using an old one, or building one shouldn't be a problem, but how can I keep them in place? I was thinking of welding a thin strap to th etop of the clamp, and having it extend toward the shackle and hook on to something there to keep it in place. (yes, I searched, thanks fer asking) __________________ "The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government." --Thomas Jefferson, 1809.

07-21-2005, 08:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
LittleBlackSambo turd-polish-a-go-go Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 49404 Location: Deutschland RP Posts: 1,017	try tacking a little threaded stud in the hole where the rivet went. keep the heat low, though. my buddy used hose clamps on his yoter. no, they didn't work out. __________________ thanks for the compliment, but it's not a jeep.

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