Radius Arms

Ches7911 · Jul 18, 2017

I noticed while giving my bronco a look over today that the passenger side radius arm has a large gap where it mounts to the frame. The bushings are still there, although they could use a change, they aren't gone. The driver side is tight. The nuts on both look to be in the same place. I cannot figure out why/how that side has so much daylight. Any ideas?

mpboxer · Jul 18, 2017

Perhaps they are degreed and the fat or skinny side has rotated.

broncodriver99 · Jul 18, 2017

Some of the bushing kits come with a phenolic donut that is supposed to replace the steel donut that is welded to the bracket. Maybe someone did cut off the steel ones and used the phenolic one which may have cracked and fallen out. That's about the only thing I can think of other than a squished bushing. Then again I don't know that the stud portion of all radius arms are the same length. I think their was a change when Ford went from castellated nuts to lock nuts.

How much of a gap?

DirtDonk · Jul 19, 2017

Yeah, and got pics?

Paul

sprdv1 · Jul 19, 2017

Pics always help..

Ches7911 · Jul 19, 2017

Hopefully this works. I haven't added many pics to threads - but I uploaded them in the gallery in case the links don't work. One is of the driver side which looks correct. The other is the passenger side which looks incorrect. The castle nut is lined up with the keeper hole although I don't currently have a keeper in it.

To answer broncodriver99 - the steel donuts on the brackets are still welded on.

Let me know if you need any other pics and I'll send them

Ches7911 · Jul 19, 2017

Well, I don't think the photo upload worked. Looks like I need to read a thread on adding pics to a thread...:/

mpboxer · Jul 19, 2017

Yeah, but in the meantime this should help dude.

broncodriver99 · Jul 19, 2017

Your bushings are shot. The one side has torn or disintegrated and part of it has fallen out. Time to put in a new set.

Ches7911 · Jul 19, 2017

Understood! I'll be changing them out. I knew they were looking worn out, but I thought they were still all there. Thank you all for the input.

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