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Mar 20, 2012 | 12:21 PM

cedar river rat

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I broke the threads off the end of my raius arm. Do I have to replace the whole arm or can I just replace the threaded part? Its a 1995 F-150 4x4. It's a beater.

Mar 20, 2012 | 12:23 PM

thechief66

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The threaded part is part of the arm. I think you'll have to replace the whole thing.

Mar 20, 2012 | 01:18 PM

Midnite1987

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Time to check around the junk yards......

How in the heck did you break it off???
If you broke one the other might not be far behind

Mar 20, 2012 | 01:19 PM

cliffordingles

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Fab your own if you can do its strong and safe enough....

Mar 20, 2012 | 01:27 PM

deljac

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how did you break it , you have any pics. your prob gonna have to replace whole thing

Mar 22, 2012 | 01:48 AM

cedar river rat

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I broke the threads off the end of my raius arm. Do I have to replace the whole arm or can I just replace the threaded part? Its a 1995 F-150 4x4. It's a beater.

I had to replace the spring tower. It rusted almost in half. When I did I noticed the arm bracket had two holes rusted in it so I ordered a new one and tried taking the old one off. I put a 3/4 inch drive ratchet on it and the bolt twisted right off.

Mar 22, 2012 | 01:53 AM

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New arm, new arm.

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Mar 22, 2012 | 08:29 AM

Edgethis

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I'll beat the dead horse some more and agree that you'll need a new arm. Don't try to weld the pieces back together.

Mar 22, 2012 | 10:40 AM

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cedar river rat

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ok, I just ordered a new arm. Thank you for the advice. out

Mar 22, 2012 | 11:14 AM

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If your radius arm and coil buckets were rusted out that bad, I would take a long, hard look at the underside of that truck and look for other problem areas. You may have spring shackles, crossmembers, or parts of the frame about ready to fall off the truck and that could be deadly at 60 MPH.