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| nick mironov |
 Jan 3 2012, 04:19 PM
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nickm  Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 12-June 05 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,264  |
What are the symptoms of worn out suspension bushings? I amtrying to decide whether or not they need replacement. I get occasional klinks and klanks on rougher roads and sometimes on a full turn of the steering wheel. Otherwise, everything seems tight. What are other things that could cause suspension noise?
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| 914werke |
Jan 3 2012, 06:11 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,248 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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QUOTE(pete000 @ Jan 3 2012, 02:49 PM)  I saw some wear on my front torsion bars from the bushing sagging allowing them t rub on the bars. You can also look at them from the end and see the sag. QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Jan 3 2012, 03:07 PM) Johns talking about something different. Pete is spot on with the fronts. For the rears you can look for degradation around the mount or, if you have the arms off you can measure the sag (distance between the top of the rod and the edge vs the bottom of the rod) The fronts will sag like that and as Pete mentioned, they tend to wear the paint off the torsion bars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Ive torn a few of these down (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) and all of them have the rear rubber A arm bushings sagged to the point the torsion rods rub the housings. Some to the extent they will have cut a grove in the Bar. Ive heard stories of Torsion bars breaking and I imagine that this is probably a contributing factor. The (A arm) fronts dont seem to collapse like the rears. |
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nick mironov Suspension Bushings Jan 3 2012, 04:19 PM
FourBlades The gland nut (large nut with a hole through it) h... Jan 3 2012, 04:26 PM pete000 I saw some wear on my front torsion bars from the ... Jan 3 2012, 04:49 PM Eric_Shea Johns talking about something different. Pete is s... Jan 3 2012, 05:07 PM
infraredcalvin If they've never been addressed, they're w... Jan 4 2012, 12:59 AM |
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