suspension bushings

[Andy Illes]

Has anyone replaced all theirs?   Or had it done?   Fred's getting creaky in his old age

[bigray]

I had my leaf sping bushing change when I them re-arched. I made some difference but I also changed the shocks and also reinforced the support for my air bags as well.

[Andy Illes]

Thanks Ray....... but I shouldda made it clearer.   I'm asking about the front suspension bushings.   Anybody done those?

[Rodney]

Thanks Ray....... but I shouldda made it clearer.   I'm asking about the front suspension bushings.   Anybody done those?

there are bushings on the upper control arms along with the ball joints
which I haven't replaced yet but quite do able.
and the lower A arm bushings and ball joint need to replace those also
I have replaced the lower support bushings which holds the lower control arms forward not to big of a job if I recall and sure did help the driveablity of the rig getting the caster back to where it belongs.
I used the harder urathane type.
these front ends sure to take a beating from the braking as well as steering the heavy coach.
dose this help Andy?

[Andy Illes]

Yup it did help, thanks Rodney.  Did you have to press those in?  I don't know which ones on mine are bad, I'd like to do 'em all though.   Guess what I'm asking if it's a DIY job.

[Rodney]

Yup it did help, thanks Rodney.  Did you have to press those in?  I don't know which ones on mine are bad, I'd like to do 'em all though.   Guess what I'm asking if it's a DIY job.

The A arm bushings need to be pressed uppers for sure I would have to crawl under the home to remember how the lower are put together but would guess they would need some press work to.
the support arms are all I have done on mine so far and they were a slip on easy installation.
Sway bar bushings are also on my agenda and will be the harder urathane type.
on some mopar's I have found that postive caster is hard to get, and for me as much positve caster the better for driveability. if you have specs from a prevoius alignment take a look and see where the caster is. If it looks like you could use more than is in the adjustment of the upper control arms I found a source for off set bushings that can be installed in the upper A arms and if installed correctly can give a few more degrees of postive caster. This really helped on my 70 GTX when I did it a few years back.
let us know how it goes.
I am needing to finish the front end work on mine before I use it much more, my upper ball joints are very loose.