Got the Rear Eurathane Bushings

[Lazzman]

I got the Rear Polyeurothane Bushing kit for my X yesterday. Good kit with lots of bushings in it and two large sway bar bushings.

I know a lot of people here where intertested doing the rears.

 

[aldive]

What bushings are included in the "kit"?

 

[Lazzman]

All of them, I suspect.

The plastic wrapped pakage has about 12 pieces in it including the two large sway bar bushings and a lot of other smaller round bushings. Also has two small brass sleaves. It also has some kind of lube.

I have not opened it yet or read the insturctions. I paid $27 and it is all Eurothane.

 

[Lazzman]

Whoaa, do not buy this Dayton kit it blows.

The stock rear link bushings are glued into the rear links and do not come out easily, furthermore you have to glue in the new ones along with the bolts from the old ones. The metal bolt are also to long and have to be modified.

The sway bar bushings are also incorrect they have the wrong diameter (to small) hole size in the middle. They also have no nipple on the back that mounts in the metal frame that the stock bushing has.

This was a freakin mess for me and I wish I could wring the friggin sales persons neck who said this would fit. The kit is designed for Explorers from 1991-2001. But you need to make some modifications to make it work, also the old rubber bushings are glued into the housing and must be somehow drilled out or whatever.

Still thinking of drilling out the sway bar bushings to the correct diameter, anyone know the correct dia of the sway bar for a '98 explorer sport?

Would it matter that the new bushings do not have the rubber nipple that mounts in the holes between the mounting bolts that the sway bar bushings mount to?

Boy this sucks. :fire:

 

[Lazzman]

Had to do some fabrication on this one but I got them in and the truck handles so much better. Now it corners totaly flat.

What a pain though, I thought this would be a straight drop in like the fronts, boy was I wrong.