½" hardware fits

 

Cool that this topic came back up as I need to tackle this this weekend. fortunately for me the passenger side has already had the rivet /bolt swap done. Driver side not yet so that side will take a while longer to grind rivets etc.

I just realized that my bushings were the problem a couple weeks ago and I have been driving it for several months with the symptoms before I realized what the problem was. Should I just have new bracket on hand Just in case for this job considering the time it's been blown? Is the bracket a dealer item or is napa etc likely to have that?

Thanks.

 

i have never seen a bracket that was unsalvageable. I am not sure abotu replacements. you can buy em from broncograveyard i believe. other then that i dont know.

 

OK so I looked through all the other RAB threads I found (3 or 4 of them) and the concensus seems to be the grind and bolt method of replacement but one key piece of info was never mentioned. Time. What kind of time should I budget for this, ball park? Passenger side is bolted already, only driver needs to be ground. I plan to soak all the nuts, especially the large ones in PB blaster twice a day for the next two-three days. Assuming the normal hurdles of breaki9ng bolts free etc. is this a 1/2 day, full day, multi day situation?


Thanks again.

 

The job should only take you 1 day. Another point, all the bolt heads I left on the frame side not the bracket side. This made it seem easier for me.

Just a thought.

 

Mine is completely gone on the mounting bracket side and it's clunking pretty bad. There's not enough threads showing to put the nut when I put the new bushing on. How do you recommend that I pull the arm further in to the mounting bracket to give me enough space for the washer nd nut?

 

Been a long time since I did it, but you can chock the front wheels and (with your foot on the brake) start tuck, then put it in drive and gently creep forward to seat the arm.

 

heavy duty ratchet strap.

 

I just replaced by Readius Arm Bushings as well as Axle pivot and Sway bar (incredible difference how it handles now) but jack the front end up, both sides, and get a really good ratchet strap and attach it in a manner that it will pull your axle side into the radius arm bracket.