Front and rear Spring Bushings 5781 or CO1T-5781-A and 5781 or CO1T-5781-A

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by sth65pac

Ahh now I see. It appears that the steel bush has a bronze inner sleeve, The pins are fine.
I'm thinking that the early bushes wore out fairly fast replaced by a steel one?

Ford ones are not critical, and I do have a press, so does every truck bush have the steel bush with bronze sleeve in them or doI just opt out of the bronze inner type bush????

Cheers,

Ian

Hi Ian,

I dug out the front spring repros I bought all those years ago. See attached.

The paperwork listed them as early F100 bushings.

PM me if you would be interested in them. Happy to pass them on for a lot less than what I paid for them if it helps someone out. They are just sitting on the shelf doing no one any good.

You would need to drill the grease access hole to the grease groove and ream the liner a slight amount for just a small clearance fit as Lynn mentioned. Didn't try it myself but perhaps a wheel cylinder hone would be enough to take out a few thou to make a good fit in lieu of an adjustable reamer.
Dimensions are:
ID: 0.740" OD: 0.998" and length 1.970" Slight size variations between all.

Hope this may be of some help.

Cheers,