Lower Arm Bushes

[dave205 19]

Does anyone pn here run nylon lower arm bushes? If so how hard are they and what are the handling characteristics like?

[nixonmi16 5]

I tryed the cheep ones of ebay far to soft lasted a week and drove badly. gone back to oe cant fault them just make sure they have the small steel ring bonded between the outer and inner

[dave205 19]

I also tried some of those and they didnt last a week! Most people use o'e. by the seems of it, where is the best place to buy them?

 

They reason i say about using nylon and making some bushes is it would be a reasonably easy thing to do and would remove play from the fromt end.

[nixonmi16 5]

I got one side from pug themselfs and if i can remember the other side 1 think were firstline or qh ive done 25k and still no movement on them

[dave205 19]

25k is allot of miles to be fair. I have new motaquip arms will the bushes in them last well or not?

 

Is there any gain with regards to handling/stiffness by running nylon bushes? Or will it make the ride harsh and unbearable and put strain on other components?

[kee 22]

will be a lot harder than polyurethane bushes, if your bothered about harshness then go for PU instead.

 

where are these nylon bushes? If using nylon 66 they should last well, they will be harsh but the front end will also be a lot tighter as your suspension isn't moving on the bush as much. I'll be making some of my own for my rallye, perfect for hillclimbing since I can only use polymer materials

[dave205 19]

Pu being? I dont want them to be excessively hard for i'll occasionally use it on the road.

 

I was going to spin some nylon ones up on a lathe when i get chance, with stainless center inserts. I'll use nylon providing it wont strain everything else to the point i could dage something.

 

Purely for my own interest, why can you only use polymer bushes for hill climbing?

[kee 22]

PU = Polyurethane

 

for road modified class you can only use similar materials as used in production so only polymers. If it came with rose joints/bearings as standard then i could use them.

 

Get some polyurethane bushes if you dont want it too hard

[dave205 19]

I bought some poly ones of ebay last time and they failed in less than 600 miles

[omega 82]

thought you where going to make some? or was it to hard?

the ones off ebay where they the red ones?>

[dave205 19]

Im thinking about making some now the others have failed.

 

Yeah they were red ones?

[Choppered 0]

I have new motaquip arms will the bushes in them last well or not?

 

They should do as they are originally what peugeot used. They hould say Kleber industries on the bushes if there motaquip

[c_robinson 8 1 Cars]

use oe ones only, where from i don't know but mine have last 25 rallies and trackdays and taken some serious abuse and are fine.

 

MR 205 Andy Baker swears by oe ones and won't fit anything else to his customers cars

[kee 22]

I bought some poly ones of ebay last time and they failed in less than 600 miles

 

How did they fail?

Polyurethane is a very good material for bushes, much better than rubber. They should be easily able to outlast rubber bushes.

[dave205 19]

I have new standard rubber ones here so will fit them, i'll check there kleber ones first though.

 

The boss on the putside wore then split and disintergrated, the torque steer was indescribably bad, to the point were i kept stopping and checking i didnt have a loose wheel, collapsed bearing etc.

[kee 22]

strange, PU is very hard wearing so must have been a bad batch or something wrong.

 

you should have checked your tracking if you had replaced the bushes, this will cause torque steer issues.

[dave205 19]

Yeah i had it tracked after i'd fitted new bushes to be sure. It was 1 degree out. It transformed the car changing the bushes.