Front Suspension A-Arm Bushings - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

bluec10 · 12-29-2003, 11:40 PM

I'm grafting a front suspension from an '84 onto my '68. All is going well - I even got a new set of ball joints for Christmas courtesy of my dear old Dad. Anyway, I want to install the A arms but not before I make sure those rubber bushings are ok. How do you know when they need to be replaced? How do you replace them?

Have a blessed New Year!

**1971Stepside** · 12-30-2003, 12:10 AM

They can't cost that much. I would replace them while you have it all apart and not worry about them.

12-29-2003, 11:40 PM	#1
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Front Suspension A-Arm Bushings I'm grafting a front suspension from an '84 onto my '68. All is going well - I even got a new set of ball joints for Christmas courtesy of my dear old Dad. Anyway, I want to install the A arms but not before I make sure those rubber bushings are ok. How do you know when they need to be replaced? How do you replace them? Have a blessed New Year! __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

12-30-2003, 12:10 AM	#2
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	They can't cost that much. I would replace them while you have it all apart and not worry about them. __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."

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