What kind of bushings should there be between the frame and body of a '93 E150? It looks like the bushings over the rear axle disintegrated and fell off. I compared the bushings (or at least the bushing locations) with my brother-in-law's '06 E350. Here are some pictures:

'06 E350 starboard



'06 E350 port



'93 E150 starboard




'93 E150 port



I don't remember the gaps looking that clean or there being any gap at all when I replaced the rear shocks a few weeks ago. As the gears turn in my mind, maybe the coil over load adjusting Monroe shocks lifted the body to expose the missing bushings or unloaded the disintegrating bushings so they fell off. There are bushings way aft by the rear bumper and at least the starboard bushing is missing amidships by the muffler. I can't see the corresponding port side bushing with the fuel tank in the way.

How big a job is it to slip in new bushings? What are the body lifting points?

Sixto
'93 E150 Chateau 5.8 185K miles

 

all it should take to replace the bushings is to lift the body enough to have clearance, and have access to the top and bottom of the bolt there, which may or may not be easy depending on your interior.

as for body lift points, there are a number of structural beams under the floorboard, and while i don't have a pic available, any of those beams will be suitable. if in doubt, place a wood block at least a foot long on top of your jack under the beam

 

Tabijan,

You asked me to show you what I have on my '95. I'm sorry to tell you that there's not much left.

I live in Michigan, and my van is a daily driver for my carpentry work. I've washed it half a dozen times in almost 11 years that I've owned it.

It's on it's last legs. I've wanted to replace it but needless to say, the home building business isn't what it used to be and funds are always dear lately. So I keep driving it until I can't. It's rusted to death.

It's so bad, that the rear doors are separating at the top because the body cross member at the very rear is nearly gone. The body is starting to sag badly in the rear and there's no easy way to bolster it as the rear door 'jambs' so to speak, are part of what holds this together.

Here's the pic's of both sides of the area you're asking about. I know from previous work (brake lines) that there WERE rubber bushings under there. Now? It's pretty much resting on the frame.

Passenger's side:



Driver's side:



Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

Thanks, James. I'm trying to make sense of what I see in my van. There's a rectangular plate with a conical extension attached to the body, and a rectangular plate attached with 2 bolts or rivets to the frame. As clear as they are, Ford parts diagrams show this setup without a bushing between the plates. Actual vans I've peeked at have a round rubber biscuit and none of the rectangular plates. I'll throw new bushing kits at it if that's what it needs but short of buying a bu$hing kit from Ford, I don't know what to expect in the bushing kits. It might be that these bushings are fine if odd looking because things look fine way forward and way aft where it has traditional biscuit bushings without rectangular plates.

Sixto
'93 E150 Chateau 5.8 185K miles

 

I don't know how faithful this parts diagram is to the part it represents but what's on the van looks just like this image, as in there is no bushing between the plates -



The bolts go through the bottom plate only, not both plates.

Does anyone have a '93 E150?

Sixto
'93 E150 Chateau 5.8 185K miles