urethane bushings?? which ones?

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urethane bushings?? which ones?

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if i were to replace all the rubber with urethane ones from ES what would i need to get and how do you figure out the degree offset?

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To do everything on the suspension you will need axle pivot bushings, radius arm bushings, and rear leaf spring bushings. Make sure you specify to the manufacturer if you have normal shackle rear springs or if you have the flex-o-matic rear springs. The bushings are not interchangeable. You can replace the cab mounts with poly as well as the steering linkage boots with poly boots.

As far as degree bushings goes that only applies to the c-bushings on 1/2 ton four-wheel drives.
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yeah i have the flexo, so the "kit" comes with all the right bushings then? i know the quality of each company is very good. i have seen on ebay flexo kits so tehy make em just gotta find em.
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I don't know about energy suspension but I got the prothane kit and it DID NOT have the correct rear spring bushings. I ended up spending $80 and getting the flex-o-matic poly-graphite bushings from PST.
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