I am needing some advice from all you experienced Ford gurus. I have the correct polyurethane body/radiator support bushings for my truck, but need new body mount sleeves since my old ones were rusted together and had to be cut off.

I have come up with one option so far - I don't like it.

1. Mill a unfinished piece of steel tubing to fit the bushing sleeve area where the bolt goes through and buy large enough washers to cover the bushing. I already stopped by Alcan Spring and inquired about finding a busing insert that is close enough to fit my body mount bushings, but no such luck.

There has to be a better (easier) way. I know that I am not the first guy to run into this. Those body mount sleeves are always rusted shut and are nearly impossible to remove intact. Bronco Graveyard has sleeves for the 1973-1979 trucks, but they are WAY OVERPRICED - plus they probably wouldn't even fit.

Suggestions?

 

Where did you get your new body mounts at? They should have came with the bushings. I got my radiator and body mount bushings from LMC and they came with everything washers bushings sleeves and bolts. Maybe try DC LMC eBay? I think the 73-79 bushings will work on the bump sides maybe look up the bushing part # for both generations and see if they are the same. If not you may need to make the sleeves