I installed a set of Energy Suspension Control arm eurathane bushings a couple of weeks ago and wanted to provide a review and update.
Install :
The install was not that hard. I removed three of the arms and took them and used a press to push out the old bushings. I was scared to remove all four arms for fear the axle might roll forward or backward. One member said he was able to heat the shell and push out the old bushings without a press. Either way it was not that hard to do. The instructions were awfull!!! They really did not tell you which way to put bushings in the shells or which way to reinstall them on the truck. I fugured out how the bushings went into the arms and them proceeded to reinstall them. The stock bushings do not have a right or left but the Energy Suspension bushings do. My control arms were not oriented in the proper direction from the factory so my markings I put on before I started were useless. With help of members here I was able to figure out the thick flange on the lower arms points inward and the thick flange on the uppers points outward. I stared to reinstall the arms and found out all the spacers in the kit were one size smaller than my bolts
I removed all of the spacers and took them to a machine shop and he bored the holes to the proper size and I put them on with little further delay. I did need to use a come-along to pull the axle either forward or aft to get the holes to line up, but it did not take much presure. I called Energy Suspensions and they said they would get back to me in a couple of days after they looked into the problem. After a week I called them back and he said the would put better directions in the kits, but it would be a month or two till they got around to it. On the spacer size, he said that Dodge changed in 99 and they did not catch it. As of now they had no plans to redo the kit and put in the proper size spacers. Their service was the worst I've ever seen. I e-mailed them two months ago and they never responded. I called when I had the problem and got voice mail and the did not respond, and them I got a semi-live human and would not let go until they got me to someone to talk with. If You plan on doing the install on a 00 or later truck, plan on reaming out the spacers. You could probably do it with a drill, but a lathe would be better.
Performance:
I love the way they make the truck ride and feel. I put on a track bar bushing( axle end) and sway bar bushings at the same time. The truck rides better, corners better, and recovers from bumps better.
I wish one of our good vendors would pick up the line like ADT or Geno's.
Install :
The install was not that hard. I removed three of the arms and took them and used a press to push out the old bushings. I was scared to remove all four arms for fear the axle might roll forward or backward. One member said he was able to heat the shell and push out the old bushings without a press. Either way it was not that hard to do. The instructions were awfull!!! They really did not tell you which way to put bushings in the shells or which way to reinstall them on the truck. I fugured out how the bushings went into the arms and them proceeded to reinstall them. The stock bushings do not have a right or left but the Energy Suspension bushings do. My control arms were not oriented in the proper direction from the factory so my markings I put on before I started were useless. With help of members here I was able to figure out the thick flange on the lower arms points inward and the thick flange on the uppers points outward. I stared to reinstall the arms and found out all the spacers in the kit were one size smaller than my bolts

Performance:
I love the way they make the truck ride and feel. I put on a track bar bushing( axle end) and sway bar bushings at the same time. The truck rides better, corners better, and recovers from bumps better.
I wish one of our good vendors would pick up the line like ADT or Geno's.
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