radius arms pushed back!
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Laughing Gas
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From: Eastern, Idaho
radius arms pushed back!
My radius arms are push back so that the front rubber bushing on the frame mount is mashed. One side is so bad that the washer that sandwichs the bushing with the nut rattles while driving. How do these get pushed back and how can this be fixed? When I say radius arms I mean the arms that go rear ward connecting the front axle with the frame and has c bushings on the axle end.
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From: Canada
radius arms pushed back!
When you change the bushings on the end of the radius arm, it is a bitch geting the arm out of bracket on the truck, some thing i have seen in my time around logging shops is that drill the rivits that hold them on to the frame, then bolt them back on after you change the bushing.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Eastern, Idaho
radius arms pushed back!
So when the bushings are worn out there is enough pressure from the front end that they are forced back? I was thinking I ran into something or the previous owner did.
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From: St.Louis USA
radius arms pushed back!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 29-May-02 AT 00:01 AM (EST)]You just need new bushings. If it's 4wd and you have a suspension lift, it's a peice-o-cake, if not, a little trickier. What I have done (all with a lift) is block the rear wheels, remove the nut from the radius arm, put a floor jack under the radius arm and pull the front axle toward the front bumper with a good chain comealong. When you are clear of the bracket lower the jack, change the bushings and repeat steps in reverse. With no suspension lift, you may have to remove the shocks because they will hit the sides of the perches.
If it's 2wd, I think I just typed a lot of stuff for no reason, cut the rivets. Good luck,
John
If it's 2wd, I think I just typed a lot of stuff for no reason, cut the rivets. Good luck,
John
