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Old 10-23-2010, 02:52 PM   #1
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87 4x4 front leaf bushings? / Finished axle rebuild pics

Hey everybody, so i finally got both my new axles rebuilt: ('86 GM 10 bolt / 14ff 4.10 open) and got my new tires and rims (don't worry there are pics at the end)

But today was going to be a good day to swap the front in except I can't seem to locate two flippin leaf spring bushings..The problem is that the front leaf springs have two different style bushings for the 87 year. The front end of the front spring uses the typical one piece bushing whereas the rear eyelet for the front leaf uses the style made up of two rubber halves and the metal pin in the middle. Now i got new leaf springs, and they came with the press in bushings for the front eyelets but no bushings for the rear eyelets! (thus, why im looking for some)

i went to the parts stores around here and everybody's saying that they only show a one piece push in style bushing for the front. I talked to the spring shop where I got the new leafs and he's going to look for some and find out why they didnt come with any bushings in the beginning, and I'm going to call the dealership on monday to see if they can get some.

but the one question I had was (besides if anyone else has had this problem) has anybody found bushings from anything else that would fit in these springs? Almost all newer cars and spring kits for that matter use 2 piece bushings, you'd think that there must be some that would fit.

anyways here are the new springs with their front bushings:



This is the replacement bushings the parts store sold me (theyd fit the front eyelets but not the back)



Two shots of the current two piece rubber bushings (front leafs rear hanger)




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