so, going to replace my pivot bushings sometime soon before i wreck and was looking for any advise. main thing i'm stuck with is getting the truck up. i see no good place to block it up since the leafs are so long. unless i block it up using them. why did ford use the ifs for a 4x4 anyway? especially with leafs? makes little sense to me. also plan on getting the u-joints replaced while i'm under there.
pivot bushing replacement
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towcat
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i haven't gotten to it on the Sulaco yet, but I know it will need to be done sometime soonish. I will be getting polyurethane if it's availible. I don't want to have to go back to do that job anytime soon.
MUDKICKR
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are you installing factory rubber or polyurethane? there will be a differance in the way you install them. anyways you can put the jackstands behind the springs on the frame and it will be fine, you need the springs to be as free as possible to put the pivot point back in correctly but i would suggest that you plan on loosening up your leaf spring u-bolts to do the job(it will make it easier to do,trust me) where your leaf spring is designed to not only hold your trk up but to also keep your frt axle straight (hense no panhard bar) the springs will try to hold the axle straight, not alowing you to move it around to get bushing out. now with the factory bushings you have to take the bushing out with the metal sleeve (not that bad) with the poly bushing you reuse the metal sleeve (you take a torch and burn the rubber out and then clean the metal bushing from any left over rubber) either way plan it for a day of work (it wont take that long but you are working on a trk that is 15 years old)
69oiler
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when i did mine i put the stands under the leaf springs all the way to the front. i used an air hammer to smash the steel collar on the old bushing then i used a ball joint press to press it out and the new POLY bushings in. i did this on the floor, i took the axles out because i was doing the ball joints and u joints, every moving part in the front end.
i don't recall having any problem lining the pivot points up because i had the u-bolts loose at the leaf springs. the whole job went pretty smoothly as i recall.
i don't recall having any problem lining the pivot points up because i had the u-bolts loose at the leaf springs. the whole job went pretty smoothly as i recall.
MUDKICKR
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the pivot points will line up easier if you have the leaf spring u-bolts loose, thats all i was saying anyways what poly bushings did you use 69oiler? every poly bushing i checked on had to reuse the outer metal sleeve, just wondering which brand supplies the outer sleeve, i have a few other projects around and if there is a company that supplies the whole thing i would rather do it that way.
MUDKICKR
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if you can get them between for springs and bumper it will work as long as you feel safe, thats the important part. taking the whole frt end out just to do those 2 bushings is a lot of work, i would just loosen the u-bolts and then take the bolt out of the pivot and then drop it down enough to get the bushing out, good luck
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