[argonaut]

Received my big box of polyurethane bushings today! After much deliberation earlier this week I decided to go ahead and diverge from my usual preference and give the Poly a shot. That means body mounts bushings, motor mounts, transmission mounts, transfer case mounts, and leaf spring bushings. They're not too high a durometer and more pliable than I expected, which is a good thing.

Right now I'm focused on the getting the chassis reassembled and rolling again. So I had the rubber bushings pressed out of my springs and pulled them apart to prep them for some clean-up and paint. I picked up a slew of plastic pads for the leaf tips a while back, but I'm not sure how it is going to go drilling holes in the leafs... we'll see. I'm also not sure about restoring the leaf packs. It seems like any coating I put on will just get rubbed off pretty quickly; Or maybe it won't if I can get the low friction pads mounted in the leaf tips.

Anyway, I also picked up some various 3/16" plate and made plans to fab new spring and shackle hangers for the front springs. I'm going to all this trouble because the 66 and earlier trucks use a different combination of bushing dimensions and materials than the typical later model trucks. And I plan on using these bushings that are easier and cheaper to come by.