Radius Arm Bushings...
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Radius Arm Bushings...
Hello, I have a 78 F-150 Ranger 4x4 and my passenger side radius arm bushing is out, they have been replaced several times since the truck was purchased by my father. He said he had thought about making some brass bushings for it, but didn't know if it would hurt anything. I was wondering if any of you had heard of anyone using brass for the bushings or if anyone makes anything like that. I can get a set of prothane bushings on ebay for 13.00 but I thought if I could get something like brass bushings to work, that would last a lot longer. Thanks in advance for any input.
Zach
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okay, thanks. The way it is I hate driving it lol. dont have much of a choice though. A guy I know was freaked out cuz i showed him how my truck moved side to side and my tires and front end didnt move any haha. It drives okay as is just a pain with so much slop in the steering. Any idea where a person can get the thing that connects the steering column together in the engine bay? mine is ate out, i assume from power steering leaks and i dont know what its called or where to get one for sure.
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I`m pretty sure that the bad "rag Joint" steering column coupler is more responsible for the sloppy steerinng than the radius arm bushing, If you have a leak from the master cylinder or PS, theres a good chance that the drivers side radius arm busing is also all swelled up. A few years ago, I installed a rebuild PS box, a new rag joint, and Energy Suspension Poly radius arm bushings, along with new front shocks and ajusted the toe in, and the improvement in how the truck drives is incredible. I agree that brass bushing replacements would be rough riding, noisy, and would probably bind up the suspension. Oh yeah, the poly bushing kit was considerably cheaper than the stock style rubber ones!
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