Front leaf spring bushing replacement
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Front leaf spring bushing replacement
I am replacing the bushings on my front leaf springs on my 1960 f100 and am trying to figure out what eye is the front and what eye is the rear. I bought the kit from LMC that has the two piece bushings and shackle for the front and the metal\rubber\bolt for the rear but I do not remember what orientation the springs need to. From my measurements, they are the same distance from ping to the center of the eye.
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I am replacing the bushings on my front leaf springs on my 1960 f100 and am trying to figure out what eye is the front and what eye is the rear. I bought the kit from LMC that has the two piece bushings and shackle for the front and the metal\rubber\bolt for the rear but I do not remember what orientation the springs need to. From my measurements, they are the same distance from ping to the center of the eye.
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8A-5334-A .. Spring Clamp Rubber Liner / Obsolete
Front & Rear: 1957/60 F100/250; 1963/64 F100 // Rear: 1949/59 Ford Passenger Cars; 1955/60 Thunderbird.
No Ford dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any, none on ebay. It may be reproduced, you'll have to look in Carpenter and etc. repro parts sellers catalogs.
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Make sure that you don't remove or damage the sheet metal reducer in the front spring eye or the new bushings won't fit. Ask me how I know. I did find an Energy Suspension bushing that was the correct dimension without using the sleeve.
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