Originally Posted by weaksauce

there are no washers on the bushings. the fronts have a lip you press thru the factory bore hole in the end of the arm, then slide the rod thru.
the suspension loaded or unloaded does not matter since the powerflex are not glued together like the factory bushings. they pivot on teh center pin.
i replaced the lower arms last night with new lemforder arms with oem bushings in them, and the truck felt better, but the alignment was way off, i was toed out over an inch in the front. I adjusted my toe to almost nuetral (approx 1/8" toe out) but I am chasing a electrical gremlin on the AC compressor so I haven't driven it since i adjusted the arm. all the toe out would cause it to feel more stable even with bad bushings, so my results are not confirmed just yet, but i feel good about it.

Also the ball joints on the 4 month old arms were bad as well. I bought the whole front end rebuild kit off of ebay because it was cheap. guess what, I got to spend the money all over again anyway, so it cost me more in the end. lesson learned.



jack the truck up
losen but don't remove the bolt going thru the control arm bushing
losen the ball joint and seperate it from the hub (easier said than done)
put the new arm on ball joint first thru the hole and tighten
then swing it up into position and put the mounting bolt thru it.
at this point i usually tighten the bolt till i feel it start to get snug, then back it off a full turn.
lower the truck down and rive it forward and backward about 10 feet giving it gas and brakes to settle the truck onto the suspension.
then i pull it forward onto my ramps with the weight of the truck still on the suspension
tighten the nut and bolt holding the arm on as tight as I can get it with a 18" cheater bar so it won't back off

then i check my alignment to make sure it is close enough to drive to the alignment shop.
if it's not I adjust it to get it close.

sounds like a lot of steps, but it really isn't that hard
the ball joint will need a 22mm wrench and a seperating tool
the control arm bolt is a 16mm on one side and a 18mm on the other.