Spring bushing is having identity crisis!

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briwayjones

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1999
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5.9 Cummings
We have a 1988 W150 that we're fixing up. We are replacing one of the rear leaf springs and the bolt is seized to the sleeve in the bushing and we have not be able to get the bolt out and are going to have to cut the spring shackle and everything off with a cutting torch. We want to order the new parts before we cut it apart but the bushing sizes are confusing.

The spring shackle bolt measures at 5/8", but all but one bushing I have found anywhere is either 1/2" or 3/4" inner diameter. Is it supposed to be 3/4"? I wouldn't think that they would be made with that much play and slop between the bolt and bushing size? There is one bushing at Advance Auto that doesn't have a heading for the size listed, but in the specs it lists it as .63" inner diameter, so 5/8". But that is the only one anywhere I've seen that is 5/8". So I'm a little confused.
 
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