Axle pivot bushing help

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Mar 15, 2015 | 01:10 PM

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Axle pivot bushing help

i went to rebuild the front end of my truck today and the axle pivot bushings in the kit are WAY to small

i think mine is the HD front end where it has the 12"x2.5" brake shoes does anyone know the part number for the hd bushings the best i can tell mine mesure 2"od on the small side of the bushing

Mar 15, 2015 | 04:23 PM

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here are some pics with tapeline as referance

1 3/4

5/8 bolt hole

best i can tell 1 7/8" od

Mar 15, 2015 | 07:16 PM

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Did you get the OEM style rubber bushing or urethane bushings? With urethane bushings you have to reuse the original outer metal shells off your old bushings.

Mar 15, 2015 | 07:26 PM

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urethane bushings and the outer metal is still in the I beam that is just the rubber in the pic and the bushing in the metal outer jacket the bushing just flops around

Mar 16, 2015 | 10:11 AM

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The number on the I beam is C7ta8-b2

Mar 17, 2015 | 07:13 PM

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FOUND BUSHING

for anyone else looking for these axle pivot bushings for the F250HD the MOOG part number is K8177

Mar 17, 2015 | 07:27 PM

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No Bueno poly

This from Energy Suspensions rep.

http://www.aftermarketsuspensionparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MOOG-K8095

This part is the designated part for what you are looking for.

It is a Moog part not Energy Suspension.