How To: uca bushings and shaft

what is a strut rod bushing? I went to Autozone tonight and they didnt list a tension rod bushing but listed a strut rod bushing... Here is a link to there website where I found a picture, look similar but hate to make a $20 mistake ---


Thanks in advance.

thats them!!

well, maybe i should have someone order all these parts for me, i need all the same stuff, but in canada its a dealer item only, and for all that work i was just going to get the CanDo arms

So I ordered my parts from Autozone on Wednesday... Its now Sunday with no parts. I went into Oriellys to order some shocks because they said they would have them the next day with no problems. Anyways, while I was in Oriellys they told me that they would price match Autozone on all my parts. Im off to Oriellys this morning and Im reordering all my parts through them. Im getting Moog balljoints and the UCA shaft kits for under $245 -- not a bad deal.

Here is a list of ball-joint and UCA part numbers from Oriellys and Autzone -- Hope it helps!!

UPPER Balljoints -- Moog part # K9554 - Oriellys price $46.99
----------------- Duralast part # FA1786 - Autzone price $31.99

LOWER Balljoints -- Moog part # K9597 - Oriellys price $63.99
----------------- Duralast part # 104164 - Autozone price $ 47.99

UCA Shaft Kit -- Moog part # K9154 - Oriellys price $59.99
------------------ Duralast part # FA9001 - Autozone price $31.99


So everyone that says the autozone price is way cheap here is a way to beat the competitors price. Autozone doesn't list the UCA shaft kit for a Mazda B series truck, so make sure you have the part number handy if you are trying to order it.

BTW -- Mike if you need the parts let me know. I used to ship to Canada when I sold quad parts on ebay. I know its a little of a hassle but Im sure we could work something out. And, now the postal service offers flat rate shipping but I dont know if that cover Canada -- they say international, so we could look into it to save some money!

Later

just a fyi... the fa9001 part number no longer works as a number to even use to reference to get a new part number... the uca shaft kits are no longer available... if anyone finds a place to order them let us know!

I'm looking at the screen at work right now and it will let me order them for $31.99.

the site for your company sucks mikey. searching that part number online came back with 0 hits... ghey! but using the part number in store works just fine... and its only a 2 day wait for them to come in...

Im really glad this how-to has helped so many people. I really didnt think it would get that much attention.







-justin

well as our trucks get older and parts start to go out we are all going to need to know where to find new replacements, im at 264k now, and i just ordered a front end steering suspension kit from world suspension. my kit includes pitman, idler arm, upper/lower balljoints, 2 inner and 2 outer steering tie rod ends. was 103.99 with free shipping... its an ebay buy it now, i checked out worldsuspension.com , they seem pretty legit, all the part numbers on their buy it now page are moog part numbers... will see when my package gets here...

let me know how this package from ebay looks when you get it....