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Tom Endy · 08-22-2023, 07:34 PM

My advice is to never pull a rear end out of a Model A with the spring attached. Use a spring spreader and leave the spring in the car where it is safely attached to the frame with two U-bolts. When out of the car attached to the rear end the only thing containing the top leaves is the 3\8" center bolt that was never meant to contain the energy packed into a spreaded rear spring even when the bot was new. If the head of the bolt, that could be 90 years old and rusted, had popped off, it would likely have broken both ankles of the guy working behind it when the spring exploded.

Tom Endy

08-22-2023, 07:34 PM	#3
Tom Endy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,139	Re: 31 Rear Axle Rebuild, Forward Pinion Bearing My advice is to never pull a rear end out of a Model A with the spring attached. Use a spring spreader and leave the spring in the car where it is safely attached to the frame with two U-bolts. When out of the car attached to the rear end the only thing containing the top leaves is the 3\8" center bolt that was never meant to contain the energy packed into a spreaded rear spring even when the bot was new. If the head of the bolt, that could be 90 years old and rusted, had popped off, it would likely have broken both ankles of the guy working behind it when the spring exploded. Tom Endy