anyone know where to get clevis rubber bushings

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:35 pm

anyone know where I can get the clevis rubber bushings??? mine are wasted

for anyone wondering where thier located it's at the bottom of the clevis forks with a bolt going thru, just had someone look at them ( friend) & he seems to feel thats the cause of my faint knocking problem I have at hwy speed

KJ04 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:47 pm

Check here http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=18021

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:57 pm

You can get them at a dealer the pt# is 52088746AA(about $26) or on the web from a place like worldpartsexpress.com.You will need special tools which are rather hard to come by and are pricey.The special tools required are 8839,8858-1,8858-2,and 8858-3 all made by miller tools(those are DCX tool numbers).

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:04 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

You can get them at a dealer the pt# is 52088746AA(about $26) or on the web from a place like worldpartsexpress.com.You will need special tools which are rather hard to come by and are pricey.The special tools required are 8839,8858-1,8858-2,and 8858-3 all made by miller tools(those are DCX tool numbers).

how come you would need special tools? it looks pretty easy to do :?:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:12 pm

They are pressed in the LCA,and boy are they pressed in there!I gave up on mine and just replaced the LCA which came with all new bushings allready installed.

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:20 pm

isn't the LCA & clevis 2 separate things I'm not trying to confuse or anything I'm not that mechanicly inclined these bushings are at the bottom of the clevis bracket unless it's called the LCA maybe I'm confused

I'm an idiot when it comes to these things

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:56 pm

Are talking about the bushing that the lower clevis bolt goes through(under the CV shaft)? If so it is pressed in,see pic below, the one I'm talking about is item 13(item 13 with the single arrow pointing to it).

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:11 pm

I need to replace the ones in mine soon too. They are shot. Wonder if there is a better replacement maybe made out of poly? Hmm....

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:15 pm

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JJsKJ

I need to replace the ones in mine soon too. They are shot. Wonder if there is a better replacement maybe made out of poly? Hmm....

I actually thought about having some machined out of billit steel,little rougher of a ride but at least they wouldn't wear out.By the way I have 2 new lower clevis bushings and some of the tools needed to remove/install them(pt# 8839,couldn't find the rest but big sockets can be used) that I need make disappear.

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:23 pm

aircraft graft (6061) aluminum, maybe? I run a cnc lathe so making them wouldn't be a problem, if anyone has the exact dimensions I'd need. Obviously, they wouldn't have the "swell" at one end like the rubber ones do now but, they wouldn't move as much, either. Ride would definitely be a lot harder so I'm not sure how that would work out on rock.

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:25 pm

in the diagram above I was talking about # 6 :wink:

see how it's a type of fork there's bushings in the bottom that I've seen on mine & those are shot to ____ I thought those were the clevis bushings now is 13 the same thing that you mention, just want to make sure I get the right parts :wink:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:32 pm

No. 6 connects to no. 13(the one with the single arrow) with a bolt on the LCA and the top(no.6) wraps around the bottom of the strut assembly.The pic below(sorry not a good pic) I circled the bottom of the clevis and the clevis bushing,is that the one your are talking about?

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:01 pm

thats it my friend

those are the bushings I was refering too

so thier a dealer only item I take it :?:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:12 pm

Good, always good to be sure.You can get them at a dealer or any place on the web that sells OEM parts like worldpartsexpress.com.I have two new one's and some of the special tools required(tool # 8839) I'm willing to part with for cheap.A dealer is going to rip you off big time for labor,here in Colorado Springs they wanted $1200 to replace those bushings and $1380 to replace all the LCA bushings(OUCH).Just ordered new LCA that come with all the new bushings and with the alignment cost me about $500.

EagleVT94 · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:52 pm **Posts:** 64

TJKJ - I should take the same picture of my front right IFS like you did to show what salt in the winter does to it! Everything is dark brown/red rust. Which makes working on it a challenge...

anyone know where to get clevis rubber bushings

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