The Ford Barn

History · 06-14-2025, 07:26 AM

31 Tudor when you step on running board (either side) the car goes down with the weight and doesn’t come back up. I have removed the front spring and it had really consumed itself by no lubricant. The leaves had worn the leaf under to the point I am putting a re-arched and in much better condition spring in it for the time being. I had some new bushings so I cleaned up the shackles and noticed the new or old bushing (which looked new) would not spin on the shackles. The shackles have holes drilled thru for grease and the trench cut for grease on both sides of the shaft. It looks like these are cast or poorly stamped as there is a bulging line (manufacturing line) on both sides of the shaft. There is no way to turn these for concentricity so I used a file to knock the high ridge down and they still don’t spin smooth or even go in without force. It seems they are bulged also on both ends of the load bearing shafts. Do I have a set of shackles that is known about, poorly made? Between the spring andthese shackles I see why the car would basically lock in position.

06-14-2025, 07:26 AM	#1
History Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: NC Mountains Posts: 740	Non quality shackles 31 Tudor when you step on running board (either side) the car goes down with the weight and doesn’t come back up. I have removed the front spring and it had really consumed itself by no lubricant. The leaves had worn the leaf under to the point I am putting a re-arched and in much better condition spring in it for the time being. I had some new bushings so I cleaned up the shackles and noticed the new or old bushing (which looked new) would not spin on the shackles. The shackles have holes drilled thru for grease and the trench cut for grease on both sides of the shaft. It looks like these are cast or poorly stamped as there is a bulging line (manufacturing line) on both sides of the shaft. There is no way to turn these for concentricity so I used a file to knock the high ridge down and they still don’t spin smooth or even go in without force. It seems they are bulged also on both ends of the load bearing shafts. Do I have a set of shackles that is known about, poorly made? Between the spring andthese shackles I see why the car would basically lock in position.