Urethane Bushings?

[mudranger]

I was under the truck the other day, and I noticed that most of the bushings for the front end (2wd) are pretty shot. I replaced the control arm, trans and motor mounts with enegy suspension/prothane a while ago. I now need to replace the others- the ones on the tib assembly, pitman arm, etc. with new poly urethane parts. I can't seem to find the parts available anywhere, and of course all Ford has are the rubber units.

Anybody have a link?

 

[MAKG]

Axle pivot and radius arm bushings can be found, if you look. James Duff used to sell them; I think Energy Suspension does as well.

But there are no rubber bushings on the Pitman arm -- or anywhere else in the steering linkage. There are grease cups, but those don't affect handling (unless they split and let dirt in, which wears the ballsockets very rapidly).

You can also get body mount bushings.

Note that putting poly in everything will make the vehicle noticeably stiffer. The rubber is better at absorbing impact, but it also makes the handling looser. You'll feel the bumps more.