Radius Arm Nightmare
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Radius Arm Nightmare
Please Help!! I have been without my truck for a month now, due to me breaking the thread off the driver's side radius arm, when trying to install new bushings. I have ordered and returned now two sets of radius arms. The first set I got... I accidentally ordered a 4 wheel drive set, so I returned them and found a set on Ebay that stated they were off an 85 Ford F-150 2WD truck. I ordered them last Tuesday and just got them this evening. I open the box and noticed that they were also wrong. I called the seller and explained and they informed me that I was an idiot...in not so many words, and that they are the correct ones for my truck. My truck is an 83 Ford F-150 2WD pickup. Now when I say they are wrong, they are much larger than the ones that were on the truck. Here are picture I took of my issue...
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Pictures by chrisandtiffany - Photobucket
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I think I'm misleading you....
After looking more closely, it looks like the forged axle was 1980/81 with build dates before 8/81.
For your 1983, it looks like:
E2TZ-3A360-B ARM ASSY. (FRONT AXLE RADIUS) Fits 1981/86 (built from 8/81) F150 with 2WD as well as scattered other 2WD F150-350s 1981 - 1991.
Our sponsor Ed Olson at Horizon Ford (www.partsguyed.com) can sell these to you; MSRP $89.05 His discount price for FTE members: $71.24
Sorry for the confusion; I was also looking at part numbers for related parts (nuts & bolts & washers & whatnot) and all that confused me.
BTW the pictures are of a stamped axle setup.
After looking more closely, it looks like the forged axle was 1980/81 with build dates before 8/81.
For your 1983, it looks like:
E2TZ-3A360-B ARM ASSY. (FRONT AXLE RADIUS) Fits 1981/86 (built from 8/81) F150 with 2WD as well as scattered other 2WD F150-350s 1981 - 1991.
Our sponsor Ed Olson at Horizon Ford (www.partsguyed.com) can sell these to you; MSRP $89.05 His discount price for FTE members: $71.24
Sorry for the confusion; I was also looking at part numbers for related parts (nuts & bolts & washers & whatnot) and all that confused me.
BTW the pictures are of a stamped axle setup.
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Forged: Illustration Section 30, Pages 4 & 5
Chris, before 8/81 only pertains to 1981, not to 1982 or later.
Take a gander at this: Text, Section 30, Page 9 = Look at the application charts.
Originally Posted by ctubutis
After looking more closely, it looks like the forged axle was used 80/81 with build dates before 8/81.
Take a gander at this: Text, Section 30, Page 9 = Look at the application charts.
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Ah ha!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!!!
Forged axle (two pages):
Ya know, another mistake I made yesterday was reading his post too fast; I thought he had a 1985 (the number I saw first) but it turns outhe has a 1983!
So, those part numbers I gave above are wrong for him!
Bill - I'm in a hurry and need to go, could you..................
Thank you!!!!!!!
Forged axle (two pages):
Ya know, another mistake I made yesterday was reading his post too fast; I thought he had a 1985 (the number I saw first) but it turns outhe has a 1983!
So, those part numbers I gave above are wrong for him!
Bill - I'm in a hurry and need to go, could you..................
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The way I interpret it is:
1981 F150 2WD (from 8/81); 1982/86 F150 2WD: E2TZ-3A360-B
1981 F150 2WD (from 8/81); 1982/83 F150 2WD (all-with stamped axle): E2TZ-3A360-B (replaced E2TZ-3A360-A).
Ergo: Since there is no other listing for 1983 F150 2WD's, both the stamped and forged axles use the same radius rods.
Originally Posted by ctubutis
Biil, I'm in a hurry and I need to go, could you....
So I gotta go get some, so I can find my way around this tomb w/o tripping over one or all four of my Basset Hounds and to get "She, who must be obeyed" to stop nagging me about it.
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Thanks to All. Without you guys...I would have been lost. I took the information you all provided and called the seller. He went out in his junkyard and found a pair of radius arms off of an 80 Ford F-250 2 wheel drive truck. We compared measurements, and pictures and verified he had the right ones. The seller told me to keep the pair I had and make a wind chime out of them, or resell, and agreed to send me the correct ones if I paid shipping charges. I agreed and I should have the correct radius arms on Wednesday.
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I took the information you all provided and called the seller. He went out in his junkyard and found a pair of radius arms off of an 80 Ford F-250 2 wheel drive truck.
We compared measurements, and pictures and verified he had the right ones.
These F250 rods are not correct for F150's assembled from 8/81.
We compared measurements, and pictures and verified he had the right ones.
These F250 rods are not correct for F150's assembled from 8/81.
Applications: 1980 F100/150, 1981 F100/150 before 8/81 // 1980/86 F250 2WD / 1980/89 F350 2WD.
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You have a 1983 F150 2WD, so...you need E2TZ-3A360-B =
1981 F100 from 8/81, 1982/83 F100 / 1981 F150 2WD from 8/81, 1982/86 F150 2WD. Stamped/forged axles use the same radius rods.
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