Upper control arm camber adjustment question
06-26-2020, 06:16 PM
#5
Correct, lol. I drop tons of money on car parts. It's not fun for me then. I set them for just a slight increase of negative camber. I also greased up all the ball joints with lithium grease. I've found it doubles the life of those joints.
06-27-2020, 12:51 PM
#7
One thing you should know is that there are essentially two types of bushings in a car's suspension: handling bushings and comfort bushings. HANDLING bushings are the ones with a very small amount of rubber around them (ex. the upper control arm bushings) & then there are COMFORT bushings which take the brunt of the suspensions vibrations and absorbs bumps in the road (ex. compression rod bushings)
So handling bushings are fine being solid but you should never replace a comfort bushing with solid or poly. Honestly, you screwed up putting solid bushings in the compression rod spot. Unless you are totally slammed and had no choice.
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06-27-2020, 02:58 PM
#8
They really won't take much abuse being there. They should last a good long while. I don't drive it much in the rain and never in winter.
One thing you should know is that there are essentially two types of bushings in a car's suspension: handling bushings and comfort bushings. HANDLING bushings are the ones with a very small amount of rubber around them (ex. the upper control arm bushings) & then there are COMFORT bushings which take the brunt of the suspensions vibrations and absorbs bumps in the road (ex. compression rod bushings)
So handling bushings are fine being solid but you should never replace a comfort bushing with solid or poly. Honestly, you screwed up putting solid bushings in the compression rod spot. Unless you are totally slammed and had no choice.
One thing you should know is that there are essentially two types of bushings in a car's suspension: handling bushings and comfort bushings. HANDLING bushings are the ones with a very small amount of rubber around them (ex. the upper control arm bushings) & then there are COMFORT bushings which take the brunt of the suspensions vibrations and absorbs bumps in the road (ex. compression rod bushings)
So handling bushings are fine being solid but you should never replace a comfort bushing with solid or poly. Honestly, you screwed up putting solid bushings in the compression rod spot. Unless you are totally slammed and had no choice.
Poly should not be used for articulating bushings as it doesn't let it do it's job, which is why all of mine are being switched off of poly.
Seeing how much a compression rod can move on the road with rubber, changing suspension geometry would make you go solid too lol.
06-27-2020, 05:21 PM
#9
The issue with bushings in general are the ones that articulate more will transfer more noise if replaced with a stiffer version, that being a reality they also a make the biggest difference if changed.
Poly should not be used for articulating bushings as it doesn't let it do it's job, which is why all of mine are being switched off of poly.
Seeing how much a compression rod can move on the road with rubber, changing suspension geometry would make you go solid too lol.
Poly should not be used for articulating bushings as it doesn't let it do it's job, which is why all of mine are being switched off of poly.
Seeing how much a compression rod can move on the road with rubber, changing suspension geometry would make you go solid too lol.
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