Radius Arm Bushing Replacement
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-Jun-01 AT 09:32 PM (EST)[/font][p]What is the correct and or easiest way to replace the radius arm bushings on my 65 f100.
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Willie, I think I would release the coil at the top, remove the shock, put the truck on stands and remove the wheels and let the axles fall low, remove the nut and pull it out, replace the rubber and reverse that action. I may have gotten it out of order a little but that is the jist of it.
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Get a cheater and some good penetrating oil. The best way I've found is to remove the long bolt that holds the radius arm to the I beam. Remove the big nut at the bottom of the coil spring remove the spring washers remove the second big nut then remove the nut on the end of the radius arm then pull the bolt out the bottom of the I beam. Oh yeah I assumed you have the truck on jack stands and the front wheels off. Good luck,Rich
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Rich FYI, Look at the two little bolts at the top of the coil. If you remove them first and jack the truck there is no spring tention to deal with. Seems the simplist to me.
Take a look and let me know what you think.
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The "flatrate" way to do it is to jack up the front of the truck, let the axel hang, with wheels and tires still on them. Remove the lower shock bolts on both side. Remove the 1 1/8 inch nuts from the back of the Radius arm. Hook a "come-along" around the axel, outside of where the spring sits, and hook the other end to the frame just behind the front bumper, and start pulling.. may need a floor jack under the Radius arm, to get it back in, and sometimes you need to pull the arm to the center..just hook a chain to the Radius arm on the otherside and then use a prybar to move it. If you can loosen the bolt that goes through the axel/radius arm and to the bottom or the spring, it makes it a lot easer to move the arms side to side...may need to pull the axel back also.....
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Leonard, most of us here are armitures, so sometimes we go a safer more time consuming route.
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-Jun-01 AT 08:37 AM (EST)[/font][p]I appreciate the help guys. I just couldn't see me grinding the rivets off of the brackets.
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Been searching the archives and y'all are the closest I've gotten.
What about the oddly shaped washer that fits over the 1st nut
and accepts the notch in the conical washer that the spring sits on.
My question is:
The junkyard donor 73 I'm using only has (1) of these washers. I
also lost track of which side it was on. Don't I need (2) even though
their installation seems to make things worse. I've checked o/p trucks
and don't have any.???
What about the oddly shaped washer that fits over the 1st nut
and accepts the notch in the conical washer that the spring sits on.
My question is:
The junkyard donor 73 I'm using only has (1) of these washers. I
also lost track of which side it was on. Don't I need (2) even though
their installation seems to make things worse. I've checked o/p trucks
and don't have any.???
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If understand correctly: recently replaced radius arm bushings on my 65 with 76 F150 for front disc upgrade. Once I replaced the radius arm bushing, then installed the nut/bolt that secures the radius arm to I beam and torqued to spec's. I then set the 1 conical washer over the nut and bolt thread, set the spring in place then lifted front suspension to secure the shocks in place? At least, best as this ole timer can remember? 
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