radius arm bushings
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radius arm bushings
I am just looking for your experiences with worn bushings. I am going to replace mine soon, my truck has a shimmy in the front end at 60MPH, it clunks a bit in the front end over bad bumps and I get a small snap under the floor when I turn sharply into a driveway. My ball loints and tie rod ends are tight, my steering shaft is junk, kind of sloppy. I may get the tires re-balanced too, what symptoms have you guys had with worn radius arm bushings?
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radius arm bushings
Someone told me the heat from the catalytric converter ruins the right side bushings and to replace them with polyurethane ones. On my truck the bolts holding the bracket to the frame are too long to remove with the cat in place so I torched em off and replaced em with shorter bolts.
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radius arm bushings
If the frame brackets to your radius arm have bolts, they have been replaced before, and will be simple to change. The original brackets are riveted (repair manuals give the process for removal). I changed both radius arm bushings, pivot axle bushings, front and rear sway bar bushings on my '91 4x4, with polyurethane bushings. Re-aligned the front end-it handles better than brand new. Next bushing step is new cab bushings.
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