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Subject:Re: mixing urethane and rubber bushings
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:05:55 -0500

I have Flennor hard rubber bushings on my inner upper and lower  front
control arms, poly on radius rods, steering rack, anti-roll bar. No adverse
or particularly positive effects except to say it became a much better
driving vehicle when all that work was done.

Jim

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thinking in terms of load and component load compliance, I would not mix
> bushings and mounts of drastically different durometer on single component,
> such as transmission/engine. You want to be careful about inadvertent
> shifting of stress to the softer bushing/mount.
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia Sep 5, 2014 o godz. 15:54 Richard Koller <brvkoller@GMAIL.COM>
> napisał(a):
>
> > Sorry for the previous abbreviated post, not used to the gmail protocols,
> > anyway, I have been collecting bushings to rebuild my front end and have
> > not gotten all of them. Is there any reason I should not use both types
> in
> > such a scenario?
> > Thanks
> > Rick
>