On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 06:33:37PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > My new truck is down at the shop, tranny leak, was loosing some coolant, > and a front end noise. Anyway, tranny leak, they have some new vented > dip stick tube, was building pressure blowing fluid out, no big deal. > Coolant leak they said was the turbo coolant line something or other, > and the front end is idler arm and pitman arm. Anyway, the coolant line > and front end stuff doesnt seem to be covered by the warranty. In the > contract, it says the radius arm and bushings are covered, but doesnt > list idler and pitman arm. Isnt a radius arm the same thing as an > idler/pitman arm?
Radius arm and bushings run parallelish to the ladder of the frame and provide location of the axle the direction of the length of the truck. They are not a steering component like an idler arm/pitman arm. On a Ford, the radius arm bushing is easy to replace. Actually, not too hard on an XJ either. Leaf sprung front axles don't have these, as the leaf provides that location. K
