Front leaf spring bushing problem

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Mar 14, 2013 | 07:47 PM

Tom French

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From: Towaco

Front leaf spring bushing problem

Ok so here is the deal, i ordered leaf spring bushings for my 78 f-250 that has lift springs in the front and the blocks and add a leaf in the rear. I put the rear bushings in months ago, with no issues. I put the front shackle-frame bushings in yesterday with no issues. Today I was going to put the new bushings in the front leafs and the bushings were way too small. I looked back to my receipt in my email because I didn’t keep the original packaging or anything. So I went to see if I had ordered the wrong part and I did not. I got them from summit Skyjacker Leaf Spring Bushings SE70F - SummitRacing.com The product numbers matched what I thought I had ordered. I compared the front bushings to the rear leaf bushings and those were the same size, so maybe they sent me the wrong bag? Either way I don’t care about the return right now, it’s been over 6 months. I just want to make sure that if I reorder the same product number that I will not have the same undersized bushing. Anybody who has bought these or has any info for me, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Mar 15, 2013 | 06:24 PM

Tom French

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From: Towaco

This is what it looks like. The end of the leafspring in the picture is larger than the other side. The bushings do not fit either end. i received 8 equally sized bushings, can somebody out there verify that they sent me the wrong bag so i know if i reorder that i will get the correct bushings

Mar 15, 2013 | 07:30 PM

redroad

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I am not sure which kit has the springs you got but if you go here pick the kit that has the springs then open the pdf "installation guide" it gives the hardware breakdown with the correct bushing for that spring for example
Item #F749KS-N / Skyjacker Suspensions
Item #F749KS-M / Skyjacker Suspensions
http://skyjacker.com/images/pdf/F749KS-N.pdf