how to change radius arm bushings on a 93 explorer.wmv

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[wesmccollaum]

This guy is an idiot.When he puts the bushings on the Radius arm he puts the first one on backwards.I came here specifically to see the order of install of the bushings.I put them on in the order he did and they disintegrated.BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mccormickchainsaw]

@wesmccollaum thats funny 30,000 miles on them so far and they are fine this includes offroad travel

[brokenarrow2222]

Hey guys, i need you to change the one in my van.

[mccormickchainsaw]

@brokenarrow2222 bring er on down

[speck444]

thanks for the advice i will get the compresser you said it seemed to work real well and safe thats the main thing i cant thank you enough

[mccormickchainsaw]

@speck444 not a problem bud

[texfanusa]

Ah, much obliged for sharing this vid for I'm about to do this on my '95 Ranger, which should be pretty similar. First Ford I've had to fool with, so I was just curious to see how they had things set up. No wonder a local shop wants an arm and a leg (I was curious and had to ask after finding out it couldn't be aligned thanks to worn bushings...)! Thank goodness I've civilian-contractor access to an auto craft shop at Ft. Campbell (hate doing this on the ground! LOL)... Thanks again!

[benstaxidermy]

You shoud have said somthing about that bolt on top of the axel has to come off befor you can compress you spring to take you spring off.

[gquinney]

I replaced mine by removing the bracket that is riveted onto the frame. Replaced the rivets with bolts. Did not even remove the tire and wheel. had to come-along the radius arm enough to compress the bushing to start the end bolt on the arm but that was nothing. Only took about an hour---

[hackurputer]

you might call this a redneck way or a genius way but it works!!! i didnt have to take one bolt off i took a hole saw and made rubber washers out of a old tire used the side of the tire cuz of no wire mesh then cut the center out for the shaft made a slit in the washer and just staked them side by side in to the radius shaft and it works!!!! good thing about this you can make more when they wear out. just thought of it one night and tried it and it works.

[390merc65]

the reason for the radius arm is to hold the front end together ..imagine of you drove this without a radius arm in place..the wheel wood fold back and under your truck as soon as you took off down the road..chevy does not have this for one simple reason..look at the bottom control arm on chevys ,,you will see it has 2 mounting points spread far apart..it does the same job as a radius arm but becuase the 2 mounting points are so far apart it does not need a radius arm