Bushing sleeve

RustyRatRod said

Dammit. Just dammit. Sorry you're having so much trouble finding good parts. It shouldn't be like this. To @72bluNblu, are you SURE there's no adhesive holding the bushings and sleeves together? I always thought they were vulcanized but I guess I am mistaken.

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I am sure that I have never seen any kind of adhesive or vulcanizing at that bushing. All of the ones I have seen have been a friction fit.

And really there’s no need for anything else. The amount of compression that takes place on the rubber means the pressure and resulting friction force on the surface area of the rubber is more than the rubber can withstand in shear.

Which is why the rubber bushing will tear if it’s not torqued when the LCA is at ride height.