Suspension bushings

[Rockcrawlindude]

Or in another 100K miles, I may just splurge and get the Thuren.
But right now, it's not in the budget

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.

 

[jsalbre]

Their description says poly bushings.
Or are you saying one end is poly and the other is OEM rubber?

I’m not seeing anything about poly.

https://www.thurenfabrication.com/products/alien-radius-arms-ram-2500-2014-2023.

 

[G Mcpherson]

All I can see is mention of removal of the OEM Torsion Bushings . Seems to suggest Maybe Poly Bushings although no mention of them. Just Greasable.

 

[Crusty old shellback]

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.

 

[jsalbre]

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.

The wobble in the rear after hitting a bump sounds like a trackbar geometry issue.

 

[Crusty old shellback]

The wobble in the rear after hitting a bump sounds like a trackbar geometry issue.

I have the Thuren track bar. Been on there before I did the shocks. No issues with it for over 40K miles

 

[Crusty old shellback]

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?

 

[Crusty old shellback]

Track arm and control arm bolts are tight.
Added grease to the track arm bushings.

 

[Crusty old shellback]

So looking under the truck today, trying to tighten the bolts, you can tell they definitely put it together with no body on.
Not sure how to get a impact in there to remove the front bolts.