Axle Pivot bushings

[geno]

Axle pivot bushings, Ford's idea of character building!!!!......

 

[X-1]

Oww, I did mine last year, good luck.

 

[MyExpWork]

Exactly how hard are they????

And why did you replace them? I have been thinking of replacing mine, but what would a sympton be that they need replacing?

I have 170,000 miles on a 91 XLT 4X4. The ride seems stiffer than it should be, or used to be and going over bumps in the road the front seems to shimmy left to right a little.

Brian

 

[geno]

I am replacing the radius arm bushings so while I have it apart I figured its a good time to do the axle pivots too.......they're tough to do. I'll finish the job up this weekend. Hopefully! 191k here.

 

[geno]

Oh Baby, jobs all done, thank god for a 1 1/2" hole saw!

 

[X-1]

Originally posted by geno
Oh Baby, jobs all done, thank god for a 1 1/2" hole saw!

Wow, I have never heard of them being done that way. I replaced all my bushings last year with the Daystars, mainly due to mileage, 180,000 here.

 

[mattadams]

geno, when I was replacing my radius arms I did the axle pivot bushings too. Actually made quite a difference. We used an air chisel to fold in the flaps at the end of the bushing and then forced em out with a hammer. I bet with a press it would've been about a 10-minute job (well once everything wasdisassembled, LOL).

 

[geno]

192k here, used the hole saw to remove the rubber from the metal sleeves then slid the daystars in, worked beautifully, no fuss no muss!

 

[X-1]

I drilled them out, same concept, the macgyver approach.

 

[ToneDog]

What is an axel pivot bushing and how do you know if it needs to be replaced? Any symptoms?

Thanks
ToneDog

 

[geno]

axle pivot bushings are on first generations, opposite end of axle from wheel, mine had 192k on them.....it was time!