Leaf spring hangers?

[firenexx]

Hey all,
Was hoping you could provide some insight into this.
I drive a '94 Mazda B4000 (Manual, Cab Plus)
One of my leaf spring hangers broke. Note that I have a limited knowledge of suspension components. I can see that there is a shackle on the rear end of the leaf spring that attaches to a hanger. The front end of the leaf spring does not have a shackle and attaches directly to a hanger.

Problem is, I can't seem to find the hanger for the shackle. Whenever I look on auto parts sites for leaf spring hangers, I only see the kind for the front end of the spring. I switched to the Ranger Super of the same year and the hanger for the shackle was indeed available. I don't know how to figure out whether or not these parts are different on the Mazda/Ranger! Does anyone know how I can go about figuring this out?

 

[mjonesjr]

You can get them from www.rockauto.com or from your local Ford dealership. I got all 4 hangers and 2 shackles for a Ranger I used to have for around $120 from the dealership.

 

[firenexx]

I was looking on Rockauto, actually... My issue is that they do not list the rear hangers for the B series (only the ones on the front end of the leaf spring), but they do for the equivalent Ranger model. I looked on a bunch of other parts sites as well with similar results.
I would just order the ford ones but I don't know whether they'll be the same... I'm not too interested in doing any drilling

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Ranger/B series is the same thing. No worries about them not fitting.

 

[firenexx]

Well, turns out the one listed for the B-series is the one i need after all, so I ordered it.

One more question ... if I am just replacing the hanger and not the shackle, will I need any bushings or anything, or can I use what's there?

 

[racsan]

you might be able to, but in my experiance, ive needed the torch to take things apart, then you defitly need new bushings then! and given the age of your truck, new bushings arent a bad idea either. i did my rear hangers over a year ago and my front ones a few weeks back. the rears seem to go first, i like the air chisel/punch for rivit removal but i have used the torch before. on the fronts i didnt dare use the torch on the drivers side due to the fuel tank. youll want to pull (or at least tilt) the box if your doing the front hangers. i got my hardware from a place in pennslyvania called stengal bros.