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| Mowog4 |
 Jul 14 2021, 10:55 AM
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I can tell I am quickly getting old, the poly bushings in my car squeak while I drive the car which is driving me nuts. I had a shop pull them out and grease them inside and out, worked for a couple days then the noise was back.
Any choices other than rubber, or is the rubber a good alternative? |
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| ClayPerrine |
Jul 14 2021, 11:20 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 16,526 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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I tried all the various suspension bushings out there. Rubber, Delrin, and Needle Bearing. The Needle Bearing ones are great, but I got a really harsh ride. The Delrin bushings would stick and squeak. I tried grease fittings but that didn't fix it. I reamed the Delrin bushings, but to get them to not squeak, they got really sloppy tolerances.
I put in Elephant rubber bushings and the ride is acceptable, and the bushings don't squeak. Clay |
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| Mowog4 |
Jul 14 2021, 11:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 2-November 15 From: Mesa AZ Member No.: 19,325 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Jul 14 2021, 10:20 AM)  I tried all the various suspension bushings out there. Rubber, Delrin, and Needle Bearing. The Needle Bearing ones are great, but I got a really harsh ride. The Delrin bushings would stick and squeak. I tried grease fittings but that didn't fix it. I reamed the Delrin bushings, but to get them to not squeak, they got really sloppy tolerances. I put in Elephant rubber bushings and the ride is acceptable, and the bushings don't squeak. Clay Seems to be a huge price difference between Elephant and the others, any idea why? |
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| Mikey914 |
Jul 14 2021, 08:18 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,772 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Mowog4 @ Jul 14 2021, 10:50 AM) QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Jul 14 2021, 10:20 AM) I tried all the various suspension bushings out there. Rubber, Delrin, and Needle Bearing. The Needle Bearing ones are great, but I got a really harsh ride. The Delrin bushings would stick and squeak. I tried grease fittings but that didn't fix it. I reamed the Delrin bushings, but to get them to not squeak, they got really sloppy tolerances. I put in Elephant rubber bushings and the ride is acceptable, and the bushings don't squeak. Clay Seems to be a huge price difference between Elephant and the others, any idea why? I think it may be somewhat their business model. They make a great product. At the end of the day unless there is an exotic formulation of the rubber, they are basically the same. We are less expensive in that we do hundreds of sets and are not in the business of trying to command a premium. Speaking for our design we simply tried to get as close to factory as we could on these. Mark |
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I can tell I am quickly getting old, the poly bus... Jul 14 2021, 08:20 PM Mowog4
[quote name='Mowog4' post='2930651' date='Jul 14 ... Jul 14 2021, 10:16 PM Mikey914 We do sell the tool for the fronts with the bushin... Jul 14 2021, 11:23 PM ClayPerrine @mikey914 I am not knocking 914Rubber's bushi... Jul 15 2021, 07:57 AM brant just a point of reference to squeaking....
I put ... Jul 15 2021, 08:19 AM Mowog4
just a point of reference to squeaking....
I put... Jul 15 2021, 07:18 PM |
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