ne1lost
Junior Member
I have the Thuren lift up front with springs and Thuren spacers in rear to keep stance stock. 37" tires. My bushings are worn on the radius arms and figured there had to be a way to replace just the center bushing.
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You don't have to loosen the bolts according to Thuren's installation of their 1.5" lift springs.rubber bushings can wear and deteriorate over time but not in 3yrs.
most likely yours are damaged because somebody didnt loosen your control arm bolts when dropping the axle and installing the springs. so this whole time your bushings have been in a constant tension. you can tell by the way the rubber is torn.
Oh it makes complete sense to me. I'm just suprised that Don wouldn't suggest doing this if he thought it was necessary. Pretty solid company and it's what they specialize in. I wonder if anyone has ever brought it up to him. I know when I rotated my axle down there wasn't any resistance till near the bottom. I never paid any attention during the drop so one would think that seeing they are meant to flex, an inch probably wouldn't make a huge difference. I'll reach out when I get the time and see what he has to say.thought you got a ford and was gone forever ?
sometimes in life not everything is spelled out for you .so good judgement and common sense should be used. theres a number of possible reasons why theres no mention of loosening the arm bolts.
1 maybe it got over looked when the instructions were written
2 couple of the bolts are tty. he cant in good conscience tell people to loosen and reuse them.
3 maybe he doesnt think loosening them is a big deal or simply doesnt care if you loosen them or not
the axle can be dropped without loosening the bolts. make no mistake about it. but adding taller springs will pretention the bushings if the bolts arent loosened. if you dont think its a big deal then dont loosen them. its your call
I appoligise if you’re attempting to sell services here.suspenson bushings usually have to be pressed in and out. why attempt it without access to a press
I appoligise if you’re attempting to sell services here.
Sometimes even a hydraulic press leaves residual material that needs to be removed .
Some factory components do not offer replacement bushings like control arms ,where they were never meant to be removed they just replace the whole control arm.