HI!... Anyone know of any companies that make POLYURETHANE BUSHINGS for the upper/lower control arms for our trucks? I tried ENERGY SUSPENSION but they show nothing on their website. Part #'s and price's you paid would be greaty appreciated.


Neal.

 

Try Prothane. I don't have the part number but they weren't expensive.

 

HI!... I looked at PROTHANE's website. They show nothing for the F-150/LIGHTNING for upper/lower control are bushings.

Anyone else? I know some of you have done this mod. I tried searching but came up with nothing.

 

HI!... O.k after looking all over on PROTHANE's website (very confusing site) I came up with this part # 6-212 for the upper/lower control arm bushings. Is this what some of you guys ended up running????????

 

Neal,

Prothane kit 6-212



I bought it at JC Whitney of all places for $69.95 yet that was right at four years ago.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...light=prothane

Bob

 

HI!... Cool! Thanks BOB, thats exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated!!!!!!

How do you like them? Did you notice much of a difference after installing them?

 

Eliminates the slop. A good mod but some grunt work involved. I'm going to do it to my old Corvette.

 

Bob:

I'm stuck right out of the gates.

The stock bushings have some caps pressed on.



I have a full complement of ball joint presses. I even have a 6-ton hydraulic bench press. But damn if I can figure out how to get these off.

It doesn't look like you can press them out because they are only a mm or two thick. Nothing to grab onto inside the barrel.

Prying from the sides? A gear puller?

 

Neal, Tim,

Unfortunately, I never got around to installing them and eventually sold them so I'm not much help in the install or post install opinion departments.

Bob

 

Heres some others

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...15&Nao=0#rstop

WHen I did my fronts,it was fairly easy.The instructions were good and I didnt have any problems.To get the stock bushings out just get a torch and heat them up till the pop out.Just make sure your not in the way when they do pop

 

Tim,
When I did mine several years ago I took the control arms to a local alignment shop. They did the press in/out work. Took them about 20 minutes total. I think they charged me about $40. You need someone that does suspension work. Most job shops don't have the fixture needed to press them.

 

Well worth it, but a REAL PITA to install. The old bushings are NOT meant to be removed...

Plan on spending a good bit of time burning the bushings out (only way I could do it without hurting the outer sleeve).

Coldie

 

Thanks, guys, but you are missing my question. I understand how to press out the inner sleeves and even the outer bushings. It's the mushroom-shaped caps on the ends that are baffling me.

 

That's not a fun job but when I got this done several years ago, I gave it to a pro. He told me that he cut the bushings gently in order to re-use the sleeves.

Doing this does tighten things up but it does harden the ride quite significantly. That's what I noticed anyway.

Tim,
Are you going back to the stock control arms?

TB

 

Yup. I'm going to go with a spindle drop, as well as softening the springs all the way around. Too much abuse on the mean streets of L.A.