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Best Poly Suspension Rebuild Kit

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Here's another interesting fact. Rock Auto has the same Moog bushing in the Economy section as in the Daily Driver section for about twice the price. Check part numbers.

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72bluNblu said:
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Poly bushings need to be lubricated, they are not like the OEM rubber
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Had not heard anything like that when I installed them over 10 years ago. Prior to installing them, the car did not roll. For the most part after they were installed, the car has gone less than 25 miles under its own power all mileage at less than 25 mph. After I had the car aligned to my specs, I don't think I have gotten the car past 40 mph. Total mileage on the car is about 30 miles. I think I ought to get more than 30 miles out of a set of bushings. Even without lubrication, I would expect them to still be intact given that little usage. I'm not torqued out of shape about it. I paid less for those guys than I would have for OEM rubber. Time wise, they out lasted the OEM rubber on an Olds Omega that I had made numerous suspension modifications to.

Curious, were you using them with adjustable strut rods and greaseable LCA pins? no

It seems like a needless expense to have to use them with adjustable strut rods and grease-able LCA pins. If I already was planning to use the hard parts, no problem. Something you brought up earlier: The pins on the UCA poly bushings fit tight in a fore&aft sense. Other than that the UCA bushings were a bit loose. The LCA bushings fit was snug from the beginning and did not fail.
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I've own several cars and had (2) daily drivers I put over 500k miles on in the past. I've never had a problem with poly bushings wearing our prematurely or faster than rubber ones. If anything they last longer and I am not the easiest on the cars that I drive daily to work. I treat them like Group B rally cars that ran in the mid 80's. I guess this all comes down to you can build your car your own way. But rubber bushings will rot/dry out and fall apart also... It's just the nature of the squishy parts in a suspension system.

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Dfr360cuda said:
Here's another interesting fact. Rock Auto has the same Moog bushing in the Economy section as in the Daily Driver section for about twice the price. Check part numbers.

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Parts with the same part number don't necessary come from the same manufacturer. Some aftermarket companies do that on purpose to get folks to buy their product.
 
mopowers said:
Parts with the same part number don't necessary come from the same manufacturer. Some aftermarket companies do that on purpose to get folks to buy their product.
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I can see that happening.
How about a company that puts Pittsburgh on their hand tools and Chicago on their air tools.
Pretty deceitful.
 
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