Leaf spring bushing question

[kurts704]

I have a 67 K10. The leaf spring bushings in my truck are one peice. A big steel sleeve with rubber and the smaller sleeve in the middle that the bolt goes through. I need to replace all of them. The only stock type like mine I can find are $16 each. Kinds pricey for me. The polyuerothane ones are three peices, the sleeve the bolt passes through and two outer side bushings. Do these outer bushings slide right into the leaf spring eyelet or do I need the big outer sleeve like on my stock ones? Because my outer sleeves are shot. None of the restoration places can answer this question, those guys are useless, so I'm going to the pros! Thanks in advance.

[a.c.ward]

the last time I replaced leaf spring bushings on a customers 4x4 truck was about 13 years ago. Seems to my memory that the poly bushings that I installed did not need the outer metal sleeve for them. You remove all of the old rubber bushing, remove the metal sleeve, clean very well, I used brake parts cleaner and a brake cylinder hone to remove all of the rust, grease up the new poly bushings with supplied special lube, install (pain the rear, very tight press fit), install the metal inner sleeve into the poly bushings, install springs, lube bolt with special supplied lube, torque to spec and done.

Like I said, it was over 13 years since I did it, dont know if the new poly bushing makers are still the same. We got ours from POL. Great folks to deal with.

AC

Still in Afghanistan

[Dunenutt]

All of the bushings that I have installed were used without the sleeve. Energy suspension components. Use a hacksaw carefully, and cut the sleeve twice, it should come out. I used a wire wheel to clean out the holes.