if a truck had worn out axle pivot bushings and spring bushing what would that make the truck ride and handle like?

 

It might make it wander a bit especially if the pivot bushings are wiped out. Might not notice much with spring bushings except clunking.

 

what he said plus the truck will sag and have a hard tim e getting camber in spec

 

It screws up caster and toe too. The truck will be all over the place if you have one worn out bad. It can also cause an uncontrolled vehicle if you hit a bump in the road at any speed. That happened to me a couple months ago when I was loaded down with a full and very large horse trailer. My front spring bushings were shot and I knew it and when I hit the bump the suspension bottomed out hard and the truck flew right off the road.

The very next day all of my springs got rearched, bushings and shackles replaced and I realigned it when I got it home. It's much safer now.

 

how hard is it to do the axle pivot bushings are they pressed in?

 

Its a PITA. They are pressed in but not usually extremely tight. Careful work with a air hammer will get them out. There is a special tool that makes quick work of installing them if you can find it but I use a air hammer with a flat hammer attachment to install them.

 

just cut out that junk ttb and put in a dana 60, i just did it on my old 94 ex250, so easy you'll wonder why you kept buying tires for the ttb

 

Dana 60 swaps are nice, but not all of us have a extra $1000 sitting around to do it. I have two trucks with TTB front ends and have no problems with them but someday will put a dana 60 in the 94

 

Would bad axle pivot bushings make the top of my tires dive inwards when in reverse?

 

might as well just save$$ for a lift kit and do it all at once it's time mangagment that way

 

A lot of trucks with TTB front axles do this and it seems that it is an alignment issue but if your pivot bushings are bad it will make it worse.

 

You really have to take care of a TTB front end if you want to keep it.

I might have one for sale here soon if i buy this truck. I duno if i wanna go though all the work to put one in.