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Nov 12, 2005 | 06:57 PM

yeha4x4

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Help with C bushings

Hi everyone, I am trying to put a 4" lift on my 76 f150 4x4 and can't seem to squeeze the bushings enough to get the cap on. the new bushings are 7 degree and seem much thicker than what I took off. I spent about a hour trying to put on one side. I was thinking off buying some longer bolts so I can pull the two halfs together and then install the correct ones. Has anyone else had a hard time putting them on??

Nov 12, 2005 | 07:04 PM

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I just pushed them in place as much as possible then put the two parts of the radius arms together and I could just get the threads to catch and then I tightend them up alternating corners.

Nov 12, 2005 | 07:16 PM

yeha4x4

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I will try again in the morning.

Nov 13, 2005 | 12:43 PM

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5 hours of work later and one side is done. Time to give it a break

Nov 13, 2005 | 01:07 PM

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Man, I fell sorry for you, there must of been some serious space between those bushings. It took me a hour to do mine(both), and I thought that was long.

Nov 13, 2005 | 06:07 PM

yeha4x4

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I ended up buying two longer bolts and using them to pull the cap on far enough to start the original ones. I only needed the bolts to be about 1/8 longer. the other side should take about an hour. MBB when you replaced them did use stock size or the thick Daystar poly units which I have??

Nov 13, 2005 | 06:58 PM

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I belive it was daystar, and yes it was poly 7 degree buchings.
Once I squezed and gigled it a little I had about 1/8" thread that I could use.

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Nov 13, 2005 | 08:02 PM

yeha4x4

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That makes me wonder what the deal is with mine? i wonder if it would have made a diff if I would have taken both sides completely apart so I could have moved the front axle easier. I just jacked the truck up high and put jack stands under the frame and put a floor jack under the axle, then took out the coil, pulled the radius arm and put new bushings on the end that attaches to the frame and slid that back in and thats where my problems getting the C bushings in started. Front bottom does mean pointed towards the radiator with the word bottom towards the ground, because I did notice if I would have put them in backwards I could have put the cap on.