Volare torsion bar bushings
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Jim,
I get up late Saturdays because I work graveyards and it is my Monday but we have had the warmest last two nights/mornings that I can remember. The wife said it was 57 deg at 8am and that would have been typically been mid 40's on a good day.
I just got a chance to look at the front end and I replaced the factory pin (what ever that was, long time ago) with a grade 8 bolt and crimp locking nut (also called steel top, deformed thread and cone top lock nut, not a nylock. You get the idea). Hope that helps. If you have any other questions let me know.
Dave
I get up late Saturdays because I work graveyards and it is my Monday but we have had the warmest last two nights/mornings that I can remember. The wife said it was 57 deg at 8am and that would have been typically been mid 40's on a good day.
I just got a chance to look at the front end and I replaced the factory pin (what ever that was, long time ago) with a grade 8 bolt and crimp locking nut (also called steel top, deformed thread and cone top lock nut, not a nylock. You get the idea). Hope that helps. If you have any other questions let me know.
Dave
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Update: Pulled the T bars with the t.ruck on jack stands. No big deal. Removing the clamshell which holds the bushings in place was another matter, as they have 2 large industrial strength tack welds that have to be dealt with (chisel + cutoff wheel) without damaging the "clamshell" bushing retainer. Anyhow, I got the job done. Inner and out bushings replaced and lubed. The truck, which was twitchy and darty has settled right down. I would rate it 75% improved. Hopefully this week an alignment will fix all my troubles. BTW, the original rubber bushings (outer) were obliterated and I had torsion bar go metal to metal with the lower control arm. Thanks for the assist. Jim
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Dave, Yes I did go with Johnny @ Polybushings.com. When I first discovered that my bushings were pretty much gone, I looked on Amazon and found some NOS rubber bushings for 155$ for just the 2 outers. No steel parts. Thanks to a search of FTE, I found a member who documented his bushing swap on here. ( I forget who it was. You know who You are. Thank You) He had Polybushing.com's URL and i got all 4 bushings and a tube of lube for 125$ Have a great week.
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