Stick a fork in me
With a cut suspension bolt I had a feeling that I was not going to be back together to drive to work tomorrow.
Sure enough, the local O'Reilly doesn't carry them & the Ford dealership's part counter is closed until tomorrow. Luckily I was cautiously pessimistic as to how it would go, since I'd done a bunch of work on my Jeep when I was off-roading. So I'd already cleared taking tomorrow with my supervisor...time to make that call.
I didn't get any pics of this part because I was so dirty, but I ended up having to burn the bushing out. I couldn't get it hammered with mismatched sockets, pressed out with sockets in a vice or c-clamp, man I don't remember what else I tried.
I really wish I could have gotten a pic of burning it out, I had it flaming on both ends and got it growing out of the ends like those 4th of July snakes.
Pressing the new bushing in didn't go any better, plus I burnt off the paint, ugh. I'd seriously considered buying new shackles when I ordered the rest of the parts, but figured it was a street truck & the parts would come apart.
I have to buy 2 bolts tomorrow anyway, so I think I'm just going to get shackles while I'm at it. I think the bushing end is out of round...could just be that it's rolled & welded instead of a tube welded to the rest of the shackle. Maybe I'll see if the guys in the shop can press the poly bushings in, I'm pretty sure they'll have rubber in them.