Front Suspension Bushing Kit - Complete, or Not Complete?

[purplepeopleeater]

I like Burleys setup, being split they sure will be mucho easy to install.

now, If he had uppers I'd be set

[Christopher Schimke]

[dubbified]

I liked the black urethane bushes over the purple/yellow..

In comparison to the Powerflex bushes, they also seemed made of a tougher/harder material.

Anyone noticing the same?

I think the powerflexes work very well in the UCA, and powersteering, not to mention were super easy to put in.

I'm almost curious if someone may dig into a bush that may have channels built in for lubrication, or go the likes of Delrin, which is self lubricating and wouldnt need anything over the life.

A buddy of mine had delrin, it didnt squeek.

Either way, I'm happy to give em both my biz, carrying aftermarket parts for the van, which is technically out of production is a very cool thing.

[insyncro]

[gregaz]

I keep seeing you refer to these as power steering rack bushings. Are there bushings for the NON power steering vans? I don't have power steering.

[insyncro]

[70coupyel]

Do you guys this that the same durometer hardness is the same with the different colors? Also does any of these transmit too much road vibration or noise? Kinda like like what goes on with the type I's.
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[Christopher Schimke]

[BillM]

I have been running the yellows on a 2wd...

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Bill M
87 Westy

[greggearhead]

When I had some front end work done (decided to pay for it for a change) I had both upper and lower ball joints replaced, lower control arm bushings done and the radius rod bushings, as well as front axles and lift springs and shocks.

I used T3 - Chris - for the lower control arm bushings from Powerflex and couldn't be happier. I used the factory rubber bushings for the radius rods, only because the Powerflex ones weren't available at that time.

I changed a lot of things, but I have used quality poly bushes in a lot of vehicles in the past and never been disappointed. I will use T3 for the upper control arm bushes when then need replacement next.
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[randywebb]

[danbar]

I was just talking to the owner of the shop I take my van to about this. I'm going to be out of town for a couple weeks so I was going to have him go through the front end while I'm gone. I think I'll pay for this rather than have my front end exploded all over my driveway doing it myself.

He said he prefers rubber to urethane for several reasons. Quieter ride, less vibration transmitted and of course, cost. He said he's done urethane and on long road trips it's definitely louder and a bit more unforgiving. He also clarified that this is his opinion and he knows others that like the urethane better. As far as the quality of the rubber aftermarket bushings he is still able to get OEM bushings so if the ones on my van lasted 150k miles then these should too. As for how I use my van, it's a 2wd auto Carat with GL springs on it. It does see some dirt road adventuring and I don't baby it. It's not an autocross van looking to pull 3gs in the corners. I like a nice comfy ride that will work on bumpy dirt roads on occasion.

So is there anyone out there that thinks urethane isn't worth the money or that prefers the ride of rubber? It's going to cost a lot in labor to have this done and another $600 or so for urethane bushings is a healthy chunk of change. I'm not trying to do this on the cheap, I'll pay to have quality work done with quality parts but if I can avoid spending unnecessary money that would be nice too.
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[Brickwerks]

[Brickwerks]

[Brickwerks]

2WD transaxle mountings just released also.
2 versions, 1.6l, 2.0l air cooled, 1.9l watercooled.

and Diesel, 2.1l and Automatic models.

We've been testing these for the last 12 months on and off and again they took a little faffing about to get them right as they were transmitting too much vibration to the body, we initially messed about with compounds going from yellow to the softer red, but even that was still noisey, after that Powerflex added some voiding into the bush and went back to the yellow - all good.
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[Christopher Schimke]

[BillM]

[Brickwerks]

[madspaniard]

[Christopher Schimke]