Coupler seperation
FWIW, I have taken apart several couplers and only one fought me. Several days with penetrating oil some heat and a number of wraps with a BFH and it came off.
The rebuild kit is still available at your local Dodge for about $8. It includes the two shoes and clip that is inside a seal and the sheet metal clamp. Also, mopar sold a service spring clamp to hold the sheet metal clamp on. It's p/n 2996935, not sure if the dealers have them but I have gotten them from this guy before; http://www.mopar4sale.com/ but his web page is not working right now. There are two lengths and it solves the problem trying to crimp the facgtory clamp and have it stay on. It looks like this;
FWIW, I have taken apart several couplers and only one fought me. Several days with penetrating oil some heat and a number of wraps with a BFH and it came off.
The rebuild kit is still available at your local Dodge for about $8. It includes the two shoes and clip that is inside a seal and the sheet metal clamp. Also, mopar sold a service spring clamp to hold the sheet metal clamp on. It's p/n 2996935, not sure if the dealers have them but I have gotten them from this guy before; http://www.mopar4sale.com/ but his web page is not working right now. There are two lengths and it solves the problem trying to crimp the facgtory clamp and have it stay on. It looks like this;