beam assembly

[fusername]

so i just finished diassembling my front axle beam. went alright but i dont know if i did i tright. ended out hammering on the torsion arms to remove them from the beam. couldn't figure outa better way. anyways I have a few questions on reassembly as the manual doesn't help at all. I've gota new beam, and I need to know how to best reinstall the upper arms. and should i put the beam back in the bus before i try, or am i better offf in my garage? (its really cold out, so i like staying in from the wind)
any tips, old threads, ANYTHING would be appreciated. this is for a 77, incase my sig doesnt say so.

[david58]

This doesn't sound nice but you need to get your biggest hammer and "gently"! persuade the arm to come out of the beam.
Keep out of the way when it springs off the bump stop as there's some force behind it.
If you're lowering it, you'll want to cut the bump stops off completely... if you're removing the arms to replace the balljoints and intend on putting the arms back in at stock height, the arm goes onto the leaves before it gets close to the bump stops so you have to push it, twist the arm up to get it over the bump stop and with that friendly hammer "persuade" it back in. Be careful at this point that it's going in straight or you risk dislodging the inner bearing. If you do this, the beam is scrap.
Good luck.
MG

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http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... ms+removal

[fusername]

gas tank? took me a while to figure out it was a type 1. Anyways, thanks for the info, just

Be careful at this point that it's going in straight or you risk dislodging the inner bearing. If you do this, the beam is scrap.

wish i heard that earlier. i dont think i buggered it, but still, wish i had known to be carefuller. shhh, thats a word.

anyways, got it together, i think ill do a quick write up later so it can be done again by someone else.