Radius Arm Bushings..........

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Nov 24, 1999 | 11:09 PM

RICHARD

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Radius Arm Bushings..........

I have a '92 F150 2wd 300/6 Aod. I have had to replace right and left side radius arm bushings on my truck, has anyone else had this problem. I live in a town crisscrossed with rough railroad tracks, could this be the problem.

Nov 25, 1999 | 08:08 AM

Joe

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I had to replace them on my 94 Bronco. I had to replace mine because the Cat melted the pass side one.I think this is a common occurance as my truck came from the factory with the bracket bolted on instead of rivited like the the older trucks. I put Energy Suspension Bushing in mine and it handles better now.

Nov 25, 1999 | 10:08 AM

RICHARD

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i wish that my brackets had been bolted instead of rivetted, it would make the job easy.

Nov 25, 1999 | 03:44 PM

Jay

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Whenever the radius arm brackets are rivited on instead of bolted just take a die-grinder and cut a slit in the rivit. Then take an air chisel and cut the rivits off. Replace the rivite with 5/8 bolts. This turns and all day job into a 1 hour job. I replaced mine and thanked God for the tip from my local front end shop.Thought you might like to know incase of a next time.
Happy truckin guys.

Nov 25, 1999 | 07:04 PM

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I have an '85 F350 2X4 and the right radius arm bushing is shot. Is it a difficult job to replace the bushings? I would like to do the left and right sides at the same time. How difficult is it to break the large nut loose? I was quoted a price from a local shop of $250.00 plus parts to do the job. Is that a fair price? I don't have a problem doing the work, however, time is at a premium for me at this time of the year. Thanks for any help and/or suggestions.

Randy

Nov 25, 1999 | 11:38 PM

Jay

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Randy:
Changing the bushings is not a hard task if you have an air compressor and some power tools.
I did mine in less than an hour on each side.If your brackets are bolted on and not rivited you can do it the old fashion way(elbow grease and hand tools). If there rivited on you really nead a die grinder and air chissel as described above, otherwise it will be an all day job pulling your front end a part.
I dont think the jam nut is all that hard to break loose, use a little W-D40 it helps with any job.The bushings are around $20 to $30.
You might want to look into getting adjustable bushings, it helps with the front end allignment.
Good luck.

Nov 28, 1999 | 08:28 PM

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Radius Arm Bushings..........

I did mine on a '72, and used a pipe wrench and a long cheater bar to break 'em loose after using much WD40. I wish I'd have thought of grinding the rivets off. That's an outstanding tip.

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