strut rod bushing - what would you use
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04/19/17 09:12 PM
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On the strut rod bushings. Here's what I can pick from. I have the originals, I have a set nos of moog upgraded bushings - which have a metal shaft that is flat on one side and goes through the bushing, I have a set of hard rubber with no shaft, and I have a set I bought off the company that advertises on the back of mopar muscle - it was poly - something. Real hard plastic and I think those have a shaft as well. Question - I'm sure it matters - but with those choices what would you pick ? The poly ones came in a front end kit I bought but I ended up using nos moog on the UCA and LCA bushings - and springs - so I never opened the nag inside the box.
68 Satellite Wagon and a few other ones
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Re: strut rod bushing - what would you use
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04/19/17 09:17 PM
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Depends on what you are putting them in.
I know the poly strut rod bushings are very incorrect for my A body, pushes the LCA back about 1/2" too far.
They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.
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Re: strut rod bushing - what would you use
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04/19/17 09:19 PM
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I had read the poly gave a very stiff ride - I remember that - and then I tracked down the nos - US moogs
68 Satellite Wagon and a few other ones
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Re: strut rod bushing - what would you use
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04/20/17 10:57 AM
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Re: strut rod bushing - what would you use
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04/22/17 04:26 PM
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I just rebuilt my '69 Charger suspension, and after measuring where the lower control arm wanted to be at ride height, where that put the strut rod, and how thick the strut rod bushing should be, I measured that distance, and shaved down the rear bushing to that thickness. With that, both bushings were still thicker than the metal sleeve they included in the poly bushing kit from PST. I coated the surfaces with silicone grease, torqued them up, and they don't ride any worse than rubber. I don't see how they could in that location anyways.
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