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BJ spacers and poly bushings
#839042
10/01/07 03:24 AM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 143
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Just got em on this weekend, took me a lil over a day to do everything. For anyone attempting the bushings, it may be worthwhile to invest in an oxyacetylene torch before you do it, mine was invaluable. it burns the bushings out much faster using oxygen, and i had to cut and replace the control arm nuts on the torsion bar side. the spacers went in no problem. i also had to grind down the lower arm bushings a little bit to make them fit. I still havent gone in for my steering recall, i was waiting to do the spacers and bushings, now ill get a free alignment this week. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> i did do a driveway alignment afterwards, so its pretty close. first impressions of the suspension is that the reaction time is alot quicker, and it feels more precise. i lubed the bushings with some moly graphite engine assembly lube i had left over from when i built the engine, it should work pretty well. the t-bars still have the stock preload, 15" from wheel well to rim. the back is still 14" with a zuk style coil lift, but you cant really see a difference so ill leave it until i do a chevy rear spring swap.
'94 X-Cab, EB inside and a few fabbed parts. My wife: "How about you stay on the road?" Me: "I drive a Toyota truck, the road is OPTIONAL!"
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Re: BJ spacers and poly bushings
[Re: eastcoast]
#839043
10/01/07 08:48 AM
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Joined: Apr 2002
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Roll Me Over
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What is the age/condition/mileage of the ball-joints? If unknown you should also replace those. If it was easy to move the ball joint stud when installing the BJ spacer by hand they should be replaced.
More than tread lightly. Leave it like you were never there, nor anyone else. '90 X-cab 4.88's 33 BFG AT's, rr ARB, Headers, Ignition upgrade, cold air induction. '91 X-cab 5.29's 315's BFG MT's, rr ARB, custom bumper and flatbed
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Re: BJ spacers and poly bushings
[Re: Snowtoy]
#839044
10/01/07 10:21 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
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its a northeast truck, so it wears out pretty quickly, but i replaced all the balljoints about 55k miles back, they all seemed to be in pretty good shape, no slop or excessive movement in them. I'm thinking about dropping the front back down to 14" instead of the 15 i have it at now, to soften it up even more. the biggest tires i plan to run with IFS is 33's, and i want to do a 2" body/d-train lift before i put them on anyways.
'94 X-Cab, EB inside and a few fabbed parts. My wife: "How about you stay on the road?" Me: "I drive a Toyota truck, the road is OPTIONAL!"
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