Street/Mostly Strip Front Suspension

72bluNblu said
Yes, you've made it clear multiple times that you don't understand how to properly install a poly bushing, or what normal performance from poly LCA bushings on these cars looks like. Apparently your customers don't either, because your little parlor trick that has no bearing on how the suspension works when fully assembled convinces them to pay you to install inferior parts. Your little trick is literally a scam, so its ironic you make jokes about selling ice.

Just because you've been doing something the same way your whole life doesn't mean it's still the best way to do it. Technology changes, aftermarket parts improve on the OE designs, and things that couldn't be done with these cars 40 years ago are now common. But if you don't have a good understanding of how things work, and are unwilling to learn new information, you stay stuck in the past.

The OE bushings, no matter how well installed, will add resistance and binding to the suspension- it's literally how the OE LCA bushings function. Properly set up with aftermarket bushings and parts, you can get the suspension to move freely without having anything loose.

No doubt plenty of fast cars at the strip run OE bushings, that's fine. The OP asked about setting his suspension up so it had "freedom of movement". I gave him information that would let him do just that. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm not going to argue with a stump.

There is no proper way of installing junk. LCA bushings with poly are free. Up and down front and back they move very free.LOL.

Also the poly strut bushings don't have shear sleeves molded into them. Foot braking a car shears them off where they fit in the K member due to their crumbling effect. Yes I know they have inner sleeves that have to be used with 73 and up coarse thread rods. The bottom line is you can't make perfume out of ****. Well you can but it still smells bad in the end. We will never agree on this only because in reality they are a product that don't function as good for a long time as OEM.

If I remember correctly the last time I mentioned the shear sleeves. You posted a picture of the sleeve that slides over the strut rod that the bushing slides over . So you my friend do not have a clue what the hell you are talking about. I have been building suspensions for a very long time and tried all the new products.

I have see the downside of them all. Poly bushings are for the do it yourselfers that don't have the equipment to do it correctly. You know , push out the rubber . Leave the sleeves in and slide in the poly with a lot of lube. Don't forget to install those pins with grease fittings so you can keep on lubing them. So they move freely Up and down and front and back. End of story . Oh yeah whats with the name calling I thought that wasn't allowed. Ah but your special. You must know the moderators. "Stump" could mean a lot of things , You could have called me a tree. LOL