Radius Arm Bushings
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From: SW Florida
So everyone is happy with the poly bushings? I replaced mine a while ago with rubber ones and they are making a racket again. Thinking of poly this time, although I also want to replace my pivot bushings while I'm there.
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I'm definitely a believer in the poly bushings. I buy the Moog or the Energy Suspension so I won't speak about any other brand but those two haven't given me any problems at all yet.
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I'm gonna do pivot bushings when I find a 4x4 axle to swap in. Everyone seems to be removing them but I can never find one for sale.
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I helped a lot with the bump steer. There's so much construction around us that we get constant transitions from old to new pavement and it used to throw me all over the road but it's good now. The wife drove it and she said it was worth every penny. If you go to Rough Country website and look up the dual kit for our truck you'll see a picture of my truck with it on.
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I helped a lot with the bump steer. There's so much construction around us that we get constant transitions from old to new pavement and it used to throw me all over the road but it's good now. The wife drove it and she said it was worth every penny. If you go to Rough Country website and look up the dual kit for our truck you'll see a picture of my truck with it on.
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I'm only at 31s right now and drive 1-1.5k a year, but I wanted to he ready in case I go bigger. The dual kit was only $105 shipped so I figured I'd do that instead of potentially having to buy the dual kit later after buying the single now. But if have no plans to go bigger than 33s then the single would be perfect. It was an easy 20 minute install for the double.
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I got these in today. What a difference they made. It feels like a new truck. All the shimmy is gone. Gonna do my tie rods on Sunday and that should have everything perfect
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From: Garden City
You probably ought to get a friend or two to help you find what is loose in the suspension and steering linkage. Just give them a beer and have them shake the hell out of your truck while you look at the suspension for any unusual movement. It could be any pivot point in the suspension or steering linkage.
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You probably ought to get a friend or two to help you find what is loose in the suspension and steering linkage. Just give them a beer and have them shake the hell out of your truck while you look at the suspension for any unusual movement. It could be any pivot point in the suspension or steering linkage.
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There are other ways to check for unwanted movement, it's just that a shakedown allows you to check everything at once. You can check the ball joints by using a breaker bar and socket on one of the lug nuts with the tire off the ground and try to make the top of the tire move in toward the center. You already have some new tie rods ends, so you probably already have checked those.
I'm not sure how to check the axle pivot bushings, but I suspect they may be worn also if your radius arm bushings were. I would think that if you could get a lever in there some how you could try to move the pivot point around to verify if they are loose or not.
Beyond that, the alignment may be wrong.
I'm not sure how to check the axle pivot bushings, but I suspect they may be worn also if your radius arm bushings were. I would think that if you could get a lever in there some how you could try to move the pivot point around to verify if they are loose or not.
Beyond that, the alignment may be wrong.
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From: san jose
Upper and lower ball joints. Tie rods. Axle pivot bushing, loose brackets. All of which can cause death wobble. Also if the rear of the truck has crap bushings that can contribute to horrible steering too
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Okay cool thanks guys. Poly bushings it is. Jarryd I have heard of people saying a steering stabilizer can help prevent death wobble from starting. Not sure how true that is cause I ain't ever had that problem.