Poly LCA Bushings

How hard is it to press out the rear chassis shackle bushing?

I would love to do this in my driveway but would prefer to not have to resort to burning the bushing out as well!

RamRod said:

How hard is it to press out the rear chassis shackle bushing?

I would love to do this in my driveway but would prefer to not have to resort to burning the bushing out as well!

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Done 3 sets now and everyone has had to be burned out... Sorry for the bad news.

My bushings came in

I bought the full set and will be doing this weekend.

Im about to start refreshing my front suspension, any one have any feedback on those bushings?

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amrg said:

Im about to start refreshing my front suspension, any one have any feedback on those bushings?

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One of the best upgrades you can make. If you have any added weight on the front of your truck, put in Alph T-Bars while you at it. I had very low expectations for any noticable improvement, but it was signigicant. They have worn very well too. I have 85,000 miles on them since install and they are still good as new. I know squeaks are a concern with poly as well, but I have never had any issues in that regard either. Definitely worth the money and time to upgrade.

Great feedback! I was worried about the squeak part. Thanks for the help

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Well I started today . Great to hear that you haven’t had any squeaks .

scoreh3 said:

Well I started today . Great to hear that you haven’t had any squeaks .

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Big part of squeaking with poly is environment. If you have alot of salt like us in the north it seems to ruin the poly quicker and cause squeaking.

I've been running the poly bushings on the lowers for a couple years now at least. Siberian Bushing is who I went with as well. I have not had any noises from them at all. I do get a popping sound every now and then which I though was the upper control arms since the ones I used didn't have the little teeth in the flanges like the stock ones but it turns out those haven't moved at all in over a year since I last tightened them down. So I am guessing it must be one of the lowers that is doing it. My bolts haven't turned though (I put paint marker on any fasteners I touch these days to watch for things loosening up after I discovered the driver side wheel bearing had a bolt backing out of it, popped the clamp off my CV boot) so not entirely sure yet where the sound is coming from.

I did not switch out the sway bar bushings though yet. I probably ought to try it though, I am sure the rubber ones that are in there now are getting pretty long in the tooth. They use salt here in Utah though not as much as the Northeast I think.

Ok the whole front end is done now, all new bushing and ball joints. WOW it’s nice to back up , turn and go over bumps/ruts without the front end clunking. It’s nice to have that firm feeling again. Now to get it aligned. It was well worth the money and the time to do it. I did buy their full set , so I still have the rear to do.