Radius Arm Bushings?

[JusExplorin]

When turning into say a driveway or parking lot with the wheel turned left or right and the truck has to go "up" some then I hear a noise. Sort of a popping/creaking noise. It was suggested to me that the "radius arm bushings" need to be replaced. Anyone heard of this as I am not able to really find much online about buying these parts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Maniak]

Unless you have a 1991-1994 you don't have Radius arms, therefor you don't have RA bushings. You have A-arms. I'm no expert on the A-arm x's but my 1st guess would be sway bar bushings (assuming it was bushings)..

I'm sure someone who knows your Generation of vehicle will pipe up with more/better info.


~Mark

 

[gijoecam]

It's not uncommon... as the vehicle ages, things will creak, squeak, and pop. It's not necessarily an indication that anything is bad or needs to be replaced.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Unless it sounds like metal on metal, it's likely just a bushing that's dried-out. I've got 157,000 miles on my original lower control arm bushings. Yes, they appear to be dry-rotted, but they're still intact and holding the LCA's where they should be.

And ditto: you have no radius arm bushings.

-Joe