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A lot of people say re-using u-bolts isn't a good idea. I'd re-use the rest of it.

I don't think it's crazy. There's no other way to paint leaf springs. You have to disassemble them and blast them to get the rust out from between the leaves. If you just sandblast the outside, the rust will creep back out in 6 months.

Both of ya'll are bringing up very good points. I would say the majority of deuces out there are 40-50 years old and I have encountered several with severely corroded u-bolts. It's really kind of a terrible design, I guess when they did it they didn't think about it or they didn't care because...