Re: F@#$ing Shackles
I've used the new ones to push the old ones out before when I was in a bind. I just butted the new bushing up to the old one then put a 3/8 socket butted against the new bushing and hammered it in. The socket was just the cushion so the hammer didn't flare the end of the bushing. It worked really well and didn't tear anything up. I did two bushings like this. But I made sure that I hit the bushing in from the same direction that I was putting the shackle in. That way if the end of the new bushing got boogered trying to push the old one out, when you tap the shackle in, the bushing metal would just fold back down and there were no issues.
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