Control Arm Bushing
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Control Arm Bushing
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melted that one ehhh..
.. i was just wondering how much work is involved with changing one of these out .. and whats the long term damage for not repairing promptly..
melted that one ehhh..
.. i was just wondering how much work is involved with changing one of these out .. and whats the long term damage for not repairing promptly..
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Control Arm Bushing
Thats a Radius Arm Bushing . What I have always done is remove the rivets holding the bracket to the frame , Remove the bracket , replace the bushing & use Grade 8 bolts , nuts & lock washers in place of the rivets , It works fine . I ground off the rivets & knocked them out with a drift . What side of the truck is the photo , It looks like the left side . How did it get melted like that ? The handling problems & the noise are the major problems , over time the radius arm itself will wear as it makes metal to metal contact with the bracket .
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Control Arm Bushing
>Thats a Radius Arm Bushing . What I have always done is
>remove the rivets holding the bracket to the frame , Remove
>the bracket , replace the bushing & use Grade 8 bolts , nuts
>& lock washers in place of the rivets , It works fine . I
>ground off the rivets & knocked them out with a drift . What
>side of the truck is the photo , It looks like the left side
>. How did it melted like that ? The handling problems & the
>noise are the major problems , over time the radius arm
>itself will wear as it makes metal to metal contact with the
>bracket .
paul i dont know how it happened originally .. i believe it was that way when i got it.. i know i havnt made it any better i have the part // parts sittin here waiting to do the job just didnt know how much work was involved.. i know that it pulls real hard and the noise is deffanitley there going over any bumps ..gonna break down and have it done soon ..
>remove the rivets holding the bracket to the frame , Remove
>the bracket , replace the bushing & use Grade 8 bolts , nuts
>& lock washers in place of the rivets , It works fine . I
>ground off the rivets & knocked them out with a drift . What
>side of the truck is the photo , It looks like the left side
>. How did it melted like that ? The handling problems & the
>noise are the major problems , over time the radius arm
>itself will wear as it makes metal to metal contact with the
>bracket .
paul i dont know how it happened originally .. i believe it was that way when i got it.. i know i havnt made it any better
i have the part // parts sittin here waiting to do the job just didnt know how much work was involved.. i know that it pulls real hard and the noise is deffanitley there going over any bumps ..gonna break down and have it done soon .. 
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Control Arm Bushing
I just changed mine out.
You can do a search for all posts regarding the radial arm bushings - whch is nice to get a number of different views on how to attack it. Having just done it the nearly-impossible way, I am in favor of grinding off the rivets from the brackets, replacing the bushings and using grade-8 bolts to place the brackets back up against the frame.
read:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID39/2318.html
and (?)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID39/2669.html
The new bushings may change your alignment a little bit - maybe for the better and maybe for the worse... one thing is certain though - you really only want to do this job once. Therefore, do not use Ford replacement bushings, nor anybody else's replacement rubber bushings. Get yourself some polyurethane bushings and improve your truck, plus keep that 'melt' from happening again.
(again, do a search and you'll read plenty of posts that do not recommend replacing the unadequate rubber bushings with more rubber.)
You can do a search for all posts regarding the radial arm bushings - whch is nice to get a number of different views on how to attack it. Having just done it the nearly-impossible way, I am in favor of grinding off the rivets from the brackets, replacing the bushings and using grade-8 bolts to place the brackets back up against the frame.
read:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID39/2318.html
and (?)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID39/2669.html
The new bushings may change your alignment a little bit - maybe for the better and maybe for the worse... one thing is certain though - you really only want to do this job once. Therefore, do not use Ford replacement bushings, nor anybody else's replacement rubber bushings. Get yourself some polyurethane bushings and improve your truck, plus keep that 'melt' from happening again.
(again, do a search and you'll read plenty of posts that do not recommend replacing the unadequate rubber bushings with more rubber.)
