I don't have the 1955 shop manual but I do have
"A COMPILATION of PRODUCT SERVICE LETTERS"
which is a publication from CTCI.
This may clarify the bushing install.
Product Service Letter P-235
Items 1002-1014
February 21, 1955
Item 1005 FRONT SUSPENSION (1955
Car and Thunderbird)
A double-shoulder front suspension
lower arm mounting bolt bushing (B4A-
3069-D) was released for the 1955 car
and Thunderbird. However, this bushing
was not used in production. The bushing
(B4A-3069-C) now being used in production
has a single shoulder and was used in late
1954 production. The removal and installation
procedures in the 1955 Ford Car Shop Manual
are for the double-shoulder bushing.
Please make the following correctionson
Page 274 of the shop manual to cover
the single shoulder bushing.
On fig. 8, change Detail #5 toDetail #13.
Cross out the note concerning Detail #6.
Rewrite the second paragraph fig. 9 to read
as follows:
“On the Thunderbird and all car models,
the front bushing is pressed in from the
inside of the lower arm front leg.”
In fig. 9, cross out the note concerning
Detail #6.
Jim
Norfolk, VA

"MABLE"
1956 Thunderbird Green / Brown Interior (ZE-XG)

"MEAN GREEN"
1956 Mainline (FG-BE)