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Suspension bushings

Crusty old shellback said:
Or in another 100K miles, I may just splurge and get the Thuren.
But right now, it's not in the budget
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Non-oe bushings are not gonna last anywhere near as long as oe. I promise you will not get 100,000 miles out of aftermarket control arm bushings. That’s why oe is the way it is.
 
Ok, here's a update, better description of the issue. Bilstein shocks were installed.
Just did a 1200 mile road trip to Disneyland and back.
I5 thru LA is the worst. Worse than the roads out here.

On flat roads, truck is fine.
In smooth turns, there is little to no body roll.
When the truck his a uneven road with 1 side different from the other, the truck feels unsettled in the rear. It " undulates" side to side some before settling back out.
It will do this in turns or straight road when the road conditions cause it. It only started doing this after about 90K miles on the truck. In researching, first thought was shocks, so that is what started me down the rabbit hole of the rebuilding the Fox shocks that had about 35K miles on them when it got real bad.

But I've since concluded that the shocks were not the problem.
I also noticed that the rear tires are wearing more on the outside edge than the inside edge. Like the rear axle somehow has too much camber, if that makes sense. But I recently read that bad bushings can cause tire wear.

Thinking of flipping the tires on the rims next time I go to have them balanced.
 
Crusty old shellback said:
Ok, here's a update, better description of the issue. Bilstein shocks were installed.
Just did a 1200 mile road trip to Disneyland and back.
I5 thru LA is the worst. Worse than the roads out here.

On flat roads, truck is fine.
In smooth turns, there is little to no body roll.
When the truck his a uneven road with 1 side different from the other, the truck feels unsettled in the rear. It " undulates" side to side some before settling back out.
It will do this in turns or straight road when the road conditions cause it. It only started doing this after about 90K miles on the truck. In researching, first thought was shocks, so that is what started me down the rabbit hole of the rebuilding the Fox shocks that had about 35K miles on them when it got real bad.

But I've since concluded that the shocks were not the problem.
I also noticed that the rear tires are wearing more on the outside edge than the inside edge. Like the rear axle somehow has too much camber, if that makes sense. But I recently read that bad bushings can cause tire wear.

Thinking of flipping the tires on the rims next time I go to have them balanced.
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The wobble in the rear after hitting a bump sounds like a trackbar geometry issue.
 
So I can find the upper bushings
Having a hard time finding the lowers
I can get a loaded arm, but they are $150 to $250. Bushings run about $25 each

Dealer sells only complete arms, $1000 for the set.
Orilley and autozone only have upper bushings, $80 for a full set. But lowers is the complete arm.

Anybody got any ideas?
 
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