WHO sells the best A-Body strut rod bushings?
Further....
I have boxes of front end parts from numerous incomplete front end rebuild kits. I've taken in stashes of parts from several people. Sometimes a man needs only a few parts from a kit but it was cheaper to buy the whole thing.
In my stash, there are several sets of strut rod bushings, mostly rubber. There is a variance in size and shape. Maybe when compressed, they might end up a similar thickness but I don't think so. Some are one piece, some are two. Some came with a steel sleeve, some didn't.
Within the past 6 months, I've aligned 3 Mopars...two Chargers and one 72 Duster. All three were able to get 6 degrees of caster with stock upper control arms. One Charger has poly strut bushings that I put in around 2003. That car has 1.15" torsion bars and Bilstein shocks and rides lower than stock so suspension travel isn't like you'd see in a 4 wheel drive. I got 6 degrees of caster with stock UCAs but switched to QA1 arms.
The other Charger has all rubber bushings. The only thing special was the offset UCA bushings. It got the same 6 degrees of caster.
The Duster....
Essentially the same as the "Jigsaw" Charger, all rubber bushings but Moog offset UCA bushings installed for maximum caster.
I need to go through this car soon:
I expect about the same results as the other three. I'll use rubber strut rod bushings in it since ultimate handling isn't the goal with this one.
Further....
I have boxes of front end parts from numerous incomplete front end rebuild kits. I've taken in stashes of parts from several people. Sometimes a man needs only a few parts from a kit but it was cheaper to buy the whole thing.
In my stash, there are several sets of strut rod bushings, mostly rubber. There is a variance in size and shape. Maybe when compressed, they might end up a similar thickness but I don't think so. Some are one piece, some are two. Some came with a steel sleeve, some didn't.
Within the past 6 months, I've aligned 3 Mopars...two Chargers and one 72 Duster. All three were able to get 6 degrees of caster with stock upper control arms. One Charger has poly strut bushings that I put in around 2003. That car has 1.15" torsion bars and Bilstein shocks and rides lower than stock so suspension travel isn't like you'd see in a 4 wheel drive. I got 6 degrees of caster with stock UCAs but switched to QA1 arms.
The other Charger has all rubber bushings. The only thing special was the offset UCA bushings. It got the same 6 degrees of caster.
The Duster....
Essentially the same as the "Jigsaw" Charger, all rubber bushings but Moog offset UCA bushings installed for maximum caster.
I need to go through this car soon:
I expect about the same results as the other three. I'll use rubber strut rod bushings in it since ultimate handling isn't the goal with this one.