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so the rear leaf brackets on my 96 are completely rotten. they're so rotten they are about to snap. so i stopped @ nappa to price the new ones and they don't sell em. WTF. you would think if ford used sh***y steel for the part they could at least make it availible through the parts dealers. instead i had to stop at the local ford garage and they said they wanted like $55 a piece! so apparently im gonna be in a bone yard grinding some old ones off this week end. i love my truck but sometimes i would like to choke some people at the company!
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Bad break.....but up there in the salt it's hard to get any steel to last.....been there....lived in toledo a long time.
Try some of our sponsors up at the top.....might get the new ones from them for about what you'll pay at the boneyard.
Good Luck
Try some of our sponsors up at the top.....might get the new ones from them for about what you'll pay at the boneyard.
Good Luck
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The ones at bone yard will probably be no better. there are several places to get after market check out our supporters . All it take to make them last is to remove paint when starts peeling and repaint. I did it all my trucks the last one had no body left but mounts where good.
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i take it this a 4x2, THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE as these trucks are getting older its very typical, 4x2 more than 4x4 , this is also where preventative maint comes in, you see them getting that bad, fix or replace them before they snap .
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So you are gonna do twice the work to save $25.00? Don't make much sense to me especially because of how hard it is to get the factory rivets out. Buy new your labor is worth something
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hey!1! i have a 1992 f53 with bad shackle bushings,the rubber bushings are not available from ford,you have to buy new shackles,,,,950.00 thats right a grand each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will need custom bushings installed,, who makes them ??who the f-knows,i am going with polyurethane ,hope i can find the right size and try to squeeze them in,the local spring shop says they don't make custom bushings so who the do i call??? some one help there is no f53 forum on this site
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Originally Posted by sin
so the rear leaf brackets on my 96 are completely rotten. they're so rotten they are about to snap. so i stopped @ nappa to price the new ones and they don't sell em. WTF. you would think if ford used sh***y steel for the part they could at least make it availible through the parts dealers. instead i had to stop at the local ford garage and they said they wanted like $55 a piece! so apparently im gonna be in a bone yard grinding some old ones off this week end. i love my truck but sometimes i would like to choke some people at the company!
hope that helps.
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what is an f53?
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I've had to replace these on both my old `91 2wd and now my newest `94 4wd. It's just a design problem (sort of). The way they are shaped, water/dirt/road salt/etc just sit up in the valley of the hanger and eat right through it. As for replacing them, the "ford garage" you talked to is jerking you around. I think I paid $35 for BOTH sides for my `91 a couple years ago (the `94 came wiht new ones as they were already broken when I bought it). Granted, that was "shop cost", but they still shouldn't be more than $50 or so for the pair. But get new bolts and nuts too (the long one that goes through the spring eye) as your old ones will be rotted to hell also and you'll probably need to cut the head off to drive them out. Both hangers, bolts and nuts should be under $100 total. My dealer even had them in stock.
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