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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 10:06 PM
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Angry radius arm brackets

Has anyone had very much trouble with their radius arm brackets??? I had to replace mine recently on my '95 F-150 4x4. I was noticing a squeaking and popping noise under the truck and one weekend I decided to check it out and came to find out that both of my rear brackets were cracked all the way from the hole where the arm goes through, to the edge of the bracket. Could have been bad if it had broken the rest of the way.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 07:45 AM
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Never heard that before. Most of the problems come where the bushing is. Water gets between the bushing and the bracket, and rots. Mine are still in good shape.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 06:30 PM
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Occasionally if hard plastic aftermarket bushings are installed the load on the brackets will break out the holes in the brackets.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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The aftermarket polyurethane bushings were installed, and I kinda wondered if that hadn't caused the brackets to break.
 
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