Radius rod Bushings on Prevost

[robertglines1]

First time for me:  changing all of them on the 98  some were damaged in brake fire so decided to change them all.   any thing I should know? tricks?   Includes bushings for tags also. Bus blocked and ready.    Bob

[fe2_o3]

One At A Time...Cable

[Joe Camper]

I would only change the ones that need changing.

Short of a fire the only ones Ive ever replaced were the bottom arms on the tag on my 85 (Needed and worth doing), and the front axle on my 85 that was a complete waste of time because they were very good and still original.

The posts have a shoulder that you bottom the nut out. When undone the bushing releases at that point the arm is very easily removed. The old rubbers can be cut out with a Stanly knife or anything. The new bushings pop in with a block of wood and some WD 40.

They squeeze up tight when you run them up.

The big long one sideways is very heavy.

Worst thing you will encounter is some posts will be very corroded and deteriorated. Be prepaired to either spend a great deal of time cleaning up the posts or replacing them.The posts and the inner surfaces of the arms they will be very bad too at least a few.

If you do not clean up these surfaces they will prematurly destroy the replacement rubbers IMHO

Id take a good look at them and only do the ones that need it.

[robertglines1]

The coach has 414,000 original miles on it. So might do as you suggest and just replace ones that were effected. The heat factor didn't even melt the air lines in front of the differential. This coach has the 60 series type rear tag so has a couple extra bushings. will block and do one at a time as suggested. Have air tools and jacks so will try to keep manual labor  part down.    Thanks        Bob