Some strut bushing info
One thing you have to do when using this #PN is get 67-72 strut rods. These bushings #PN k7040 are for 67-72. The fine thread strut rods are much better then the coarse thread and will be the correct length, Don't ruin them drilling them for the longer 73 rods. You'll be buying new bushings. these are the best you can get. far better then the scrap poly bushings 72bluNblu is giving sales pitches for. Also I will repeat the poly LCA bushings are also scrap.
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So, if the fine thread strut rods were so great, why did the factory waste the time to redesign and replace them?
No reason to do that with the strut rods unless the newer parts were better, it's not like they changed to what was already being used on other platforms, they redesigned the strut rods across the board.
It wasn't long ago poly strut rod bushings were the cats meow for you. Now that someone else finally posted the correct style to use "which I would not have shown you" You say the whole strut rod is bad.
Once again if you use adjustable strut rods and the poly LCA bushings the swivel will let the arm move front to back even more on and off of the pin. The only way adjustable strut rods will work at all is with new OEM LCA bushings that were installed and tightened properly . If not the Arm slides on and off the pin even easier then with the OEM style that are ripped from improper tightening.
Why don't you just admit you wasted your money on the poly kit. POLY BUSHINGS DO NOT BELONG ON MOPAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. Adjustable struts are just another moving part to fail. How long does a swivel stay tight on a socket set.? How many have broken from stress.
Just because you fell for the sales man selling ice to and eskimo pitch. don't push your mistake on others. Get off the suspension Garu post you have no idea of what you are talking about. LMFAO every time you post your knowledge on this. It won't be long and you'll have us using door hinges for faster lift after the Home depot guy talks you into them.
I have
NEVER recommended poly strut rod bushings. Ever. You want to search all 10k of my posts you go ahead, but I've never recommended poly strut rod bushings. I have said that the reason yours failed was user error, and it was, but that's not a recommendation. The additional stiffness in the fore/aft direction is outweighed by the binding they'll add in the up/down travel direction. They're also not usually the right thickness, which causes alignment issues. I have
always recommended adjustable strut rods and tossing the factory strut rods right in the recycle bin. And I still do, the factory strut rods were a "one size fits most" deal that never fit very well and depended on the big sloppy rubber bushings to take up production tolerances. The factory didn't care as long as the really basic factory alignment specs could be met. None of my cars will ever get factory strut rods.
How long do the "swivels" last? Well, the heims on my Challenger have 70k miles on them. Year round, all weather street miles with 1.12" torsion bars and 275/40/17's and 11.75" brakes hanging off of them. They're still tight and smooth, and that's without any boots covering them. None of the current production rubber bushings will last that long, the quality of the rubber just isn't there.
As for the poly LCA bushings, which are
a totally different part than what we're discussing here, you're still completely wrong. Your little gimmick about the LCA's moving back on the pins is total BS, because with the suspension fully assembled the fore/aft movement of the LCA is controlled by the strut rod, the torsion bars, and even the shocks that are bolted to the LCA's. Which is
another reason I
always recommend adjustable strut rods, you actually get the strut rod length correct, not just hoping for the best with sloppy rubber bushings.
I haven't changed my tune OMM, and I haven't changed my mind. I only entered this thread at all because once again you were saying how great YOUR bushings are, but failing to provide any information that would allow anyone else to actually order and install them. And that hasn't changed, you make claim upon claim but can't post a part number. Fortunately, Jimacuda was nice enough to do the super easy thing and post a part number and a picture. So easy. So now, thanks to Jimacuda, the folks with 67-72 strut rods have a part number, K7040, that meets your standard. So someone that wants to use the stock parts, and wants to listen to you can actually order the parts you think they need. I honestly don't care, other than you keep posting information that no one can use with a part number you refused to provide. Like this whole thread is useless without that part number that Jimacuda gave.
Unfortunately, the '73+ strut rod bushings are all backordered, so we can't show if the K7068 bushings have the little metal sleeve. And yes, I did order a set. Don't you worry about why, it's not to install them on my car.
