Drag Strut Bush Failure
Discussion
Hi,
Has there been any recent experience of the replacement rubber bushes? I'm stripping my car down and could replace all the suspension bushes (the car has done about 175k miles...) but they look fine to me so far. I'd not want to replace serviceable original ones with lower quality replacements. I'm not keen on poly bushes for various reasons described earlier in the thread. My personal experience of them is that they don't last as long as you'd like (but perhaps I had a bad set many year ago on another car).
Thanks,
Simon
Has there been any recent experience of the replacement rubber bushes? I'm stripping my car down and could replace all the suspension bushes (the car has done about 175k miles...) but they look fine to me so far. I'd not want to replace serviceable original ones with lower quality replacements. I'm not keen on poly bushes for various reasons described earlier in the thread. My personal experience of them is that they don't last as long as you'd like (but perhaps I had a bad set many year ago on another car).
Thanks,
Simon
You could spend many hours removing them to find standard replacements feel exactly the same.
If they have managed that kind of mileage I’d tend to leave well alone.
On the Chimaera the top differential bush is often replaced because the metalastic one failed but I tend to think that’s because that particular car has been abused in the past with someone drag racing or doing donuts and drifting the car which puts huge strain on the Dif bushes where as car car driven with sympathy they will last indefinitely or the mounting bolts have come slightly loose causing unnecessary twist on the bush.
If they have managed that kind of mileage I’d tend to leave well alone.
On the Chimaera the top differential bush is often replaced because the metalastic one failed but I tend to think that’s because that particular car has been abused in the past with someone drag racing or doing donuts and drifting the car which puts huge strain on the Dif bushes where as car car driven with sympathy they will last indefinitely or the mounting bolts have come slightly loose causing unnecessary twist on the bush.
BritishTvr450 said:
You could spend many hours removing them to find standard replacements feel exactly the same.
If they have managed that kind of mileage I’d tend to leave well alone.
On the Chimaera the top differential bush is often replaced because the metalastic one failed but I tend to think that’s because that particular car has been abused in the past with someone drag racing or doing donuts and drifting the car which puts huge strain on the Dif bushes where as car car driven with sympathy they will last indefinitely or the mounting bolts have come slightly loose causing unnecessary twist on the bush.
Thanks for the reply, I'm thinking the same about a number of areas of the car, but will check all these components out before I decide. My diff bushes are already poly (installed by APM many years ago) and I'll keep those.If they have managed that kind of mileage I’d tend to leave well alone.
On the Chimaera the top differential bush is often replaced because the metalastic one failed but I tend to think that’s because that particular car has been abused in the past with someone drag racing or doing donuts and drifting the car which puts huge strain on the Dif bushes where as car car driven with sympathy they will last indefinitely or the mounting bolts have come slightly loose causing unnecessary twist on the bush.
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