I heard about problems with the polys too. I'm ok with my rubbers although I wonder if a "good" set of polys would have been better as I'm not doing a good job of controlling my leaks.

Add: Good idea on the panhard rod. Not for me cuz of shipping. Just saying.

 

They all look pretty nasty to change. My plan is to take them all to a machine shop. An hours worth of labor should cost me less than $80.

I can cearly see the upper ones in the rear... They both look like they are past it. I am half temped to just change them and see is stability improves...

But if leaks are a concern, the 4 forward bushings must be toast (like my steering damper bushing) as it looks like they have been soaking in oil for years.

 

Don't be shocked if it takes several hundred dollars in labor to get all those bushings pressed out and back in. It might be cheaper to buy new arms with the bushings.

 

guys are knocking them out, pressing em out, burning em, pretty much everything....

isn't there one special tool for this or are you looking at a bunch of things you'd never use again. i would have thought a stocked mechanic would be able to press them out fairly easily and quickly.

i hear ya on buying new setups but for me it's not gonna make sense.

 

my mechanic bitched but basically got them all out and in in his driveway with nothing more than hand tools.

regardless, i can't tell you how great the truck rides after putting in ALL new bushings. better than new.

 

Greenlee makes a hand carry punch/die press that has a max of 8 tons. Works like a charm. Used for punching clean holes in electrical control boxes/cabinets to install conduit and also for large bearing races and what not..... Replace bushings on a couple of buddies trucks and the tool is paid for. I used it for leaf spring bushes for two vehicles without unbolting the axles, dropped one spring eye at a time. I would buy my own for these trucks. It's a field tool and doesn't taking up garage floor space.

 

You wouldn't happen to have a link to this tool, would you? Their site had tons of tools, but I wasn't having any luck finding one that would obviously work to press the bushings in...or maybe I should say that there were a bunch of things that might work, just nothing that leaped off the page...

 

Greenlee Products - Greenlee A Textron Company

I'll warn you, they aint cheap.

 

I know this tool.... A friend of mine has it! So it is borrow-able.

You are right, it is a strong tool. We used it to punch a 1" hole in 1/4 stainless.

 

looooks super pricey. i'd like to try it tho.