1956 Chevy Truck - TCI 4-Link For A Flatbed

The final step was to use the air hammer with a drift punch attachment.

With the rivets driven out...

...the spring perches were easily removed.

Kevin swears by his Snap-on air hammer-sometimes, he just swears.

In order to mount the pickup point for the front of the links, Kevin had to drill 5/8-inch holes into the framerail.

The third mounting hole for the bracket had to be drilled vertically.

Kevin bolted the bracket into place, then used it as a template to drill the 7/16-hole required to mount the top link bar into place.

Upon mounting the front link bracket for the other side, Kevin discovered there was an alignment problem caused by the old truck's framerail. He used a C-clamp with a flat plate to compress the bracket into alignment before he drilled the 5/8-inch bolt holes.

Here's the bracket bolted in place after Kevin aligned the bolt holes.