I just removed the "boards" from my 49 burb last weekend. Fortunately, I
just happened to have a "square" socket that fit the nuts. Yes, you can buy
sockets for square nuts. I've had these for a long time so not sure where I
bought them. Compared to all the other methods, using a socket on these is
by far the easiest way. In theory, you should only have to loosen the nuts
enough to slide the bolts toward the center of the boards about 1 inch. The
bolt heads should slip through the brackets in the running boards. Mine
were way too rusty and I just unscrewed the nuts completely. A few of the
bolts just broke off which was ok too. One of the botls just spun around
and I did have to resort to a cuttoff wheel between the board and the frame
bracket on that one.
Hope that helps. (Don't forget to take out the bolt connecting the rear
fender.)
Bob Chansler
"Rockerfellers"
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"Rockerfellers"
Ok folks time for my annual stupid question from a non-mechanic. I was
just
trying to get my running boards off and, of course, the nuts are really
rusted. Now the ruts are square and are in a deep channel...how do you get
them off? I tried a socket, but none seem to fit well enough to turn them
without stripping the corners off. I can't fit an open end box wrench on
them, the channel is to narrow and deep. And the old standby, Vice Grips,
is
to big to get in the channel. There has to be some secret for getting
running
boards off, but I haven't found it. Help!!!!!
Second question isn't so stupid. I'm thinking of changing my rear gearing.
Has anyone ever changed out the gears? I read in a suppliers catalog that
you
can buy a kit to upgrade the gear ratio, but being mechanicly challanged
I'm a
little leary of doing this by my self. Second option is to change out the
rear clip with another, but I'd rather leave my transmission in place and
just
be able to pull the old and drop in the new. Is this doable? And if so
what
type of rear clip works?
John "Rock" the mechanically challenged Rockefeller
1949 3100 "Eeyore"
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