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Author Topic: Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber  (Read 2006 times)

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Offline Canoe

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Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber
« on: July 24, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »
Here's a take on polyurethane vs rubber.
Includes, dirt, flex and drilling holes in rubber bushing.
He tends for: poly daily driver, rubber off road (except where subjected to oil & grease).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85zwopG9E6E
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Re: Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2020, 08:59:52 PM »
I appreciate you posting this. I've started replacing mine. Most are rubber, as you suggested.
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Re: Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2020, 01:32:37 PM »
I like rubber bushings.  Every Poly version I've tried crumbles to dust at the 7-or-8 year mark.
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Re: Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2020, 04:00:45 PM »
Quote from: AMC of Houston on July 25, 2020, 01:32:37 PM
I like rubber bushings.  Every Poly version I've tried crumbles to dust at the 7-or-8 year mark.
In what environment range?
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Re: Bushings: Polyurethane vs Rubber
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2020, 05:55:43 PM »
Central Texas - driven about 1,000 miles a year.   Issue I think is age; not miles.
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1960 1902 Rambler Replica
'64 American
'70 AMX (Big Bad Blue), '70 AMX (White)
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