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> Rubber suspension bushings, Thinking of switching from poly
Mowog4
post 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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post Jul 14 2021, 11:20 AM
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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.

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post Jul 14 2021, 11:50 AM
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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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Mowog4   Rubber suspension bushings   Jul 14 2021, 10:55 AM
914Sixer   914Rubber has a kit. URO did make 2 different har...   Jul 14 2021, 11:00 AM
Root_Werks   914Rubber has a kit. URO did make 2 different ha...   Jul 14 2021, 05:22 PM
Shivers   I have read around here that 914 rubber makes a ni...   Jul 14 2021, 11:05 AM
ClayPerrine   I tried all the various suspension bushings out th...   Jul 14 2021, 11:20 AM
Mowog4   I tried all the various suspension bushings out t...   Jul 14 2021, 11:50 AM
Mikey914   I tried all the various suspension bushings out ...   Jul 14 2021, 08:18 PM
bbrock   I have 914Rubber bushings in the front, but their ...   Jul 14 2021, 11:41 AM
willieg   I had a Sunbeam Tiger that was 98% road and 2% SCC...   Jul 14 2021, 01:03 PM
Cairo94507   Another vote for the Elephant Racing rubber bushin...   Jul 14 2021, 01:09 PM
76-914   I have no experience with 914rubber's bushings...   Jul 14 2021, 04:34 PM
914Toy   I have no experience with 914rubber's bushing...   Jul 14 2021, 09:23 PM
bdstone914   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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