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- Aug 17, 2007
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- central ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Engine
- 2.5 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Tire Size
- 235/70/16
- My credo
- the grey-t escape
unfortionatly they are indeed "china parts". the bushings are all 1 piece units,if im reading the page right they are sold in sets, 13 for a set of 2 for the front, 15 for a set of 2 for the rear. i'll look through my photobucket & see if i have a picture, i know i took a few of the old hangers and some of my re-assembly, but i didnt think to do a all-out tech article like i did with my rear axle oil seal replacement. the steel in the new brackets is just as heavy as the original, and i lightly scuff-sanded them and gave them a few good coats of areosol truck bedliner a few days before installing them, getting new hardware with the hangers was great, otherwise i would have had to made a list and try to get it all at tsc, and probly got something wrong.
on edit: nope, no pictures of new bushings by themselves, best i have is 1 showing how i put new bushings in, a old mower blade, a long bolt, a socket that was the same size as the outer dia of bushing & and of course a flatwasher with a nut. could have used a air tool to draw it together, but if something was binding, id rather not ruin a new bushing. went together well.
and heres 2 of the worst brackets i had, l.r. & l.f. they wernt gone yet, but were on the way there.
and heres the new r.f. bracket along with another bracket i made with it for my traction bar experiment (but with chain instead of a soilid rod)
on edit: nope, no pictures of new bushings by themselves, best i have is 1 showing how i put new bushings in, a old mower blade, a long bolt, a socket that was the same size as the outer dia of bushing & and of course a flatwasher with a nut. could have used a air tool to draw it together, but if something was binding, id rather not ruin a new bushing. went together well.

and heres 2 of the worst brackets i had, l.r. & l.f. they wernt gone yet, but were on the way there.


and heres the new r.f. bracket along with another bracket i made with it for my traction bar experiment (but with chain instead of a soilid rod)

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