I've had polly bushings in several cars and now my race truck.
Poly = squeak.
Best thing to lessen it is to use the grease they give you and grease them
at oil change time. The problem is that there is no zerk for the upper and
lower bushings on these trucks.
The ride is tighter in that sterring response is quicker, and a bit firmer.
I wouldn't call it harsh though.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Durling <jdurling@bellsouth.net>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Poly Bushings
>
>I am in the process of finishing up getting the bushings for the cab
>mounts, rear leafs, steering, a-arms, and sawybars as well as new
>rotors, pads, calipers, and brake lines and even including the ball
>joints. I just about have everything and will be anxious to see how the
>bushings change anything. This is for a Gen II not the Gen III but the
>concept is still the same.
>
>I believe Ray B runs the poly bushings on his Gen II and maybe he can
>chime in and give some info on how the ride and handling s different as
>well as some pointers to not have the squeak.
>
>Jeff Durling
>
>On Jul 9, 2004, at 1:54 PM, Ray Irons wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm going to need to do the same to my 99 as well. I believe Energy
>> Suspensions makes a set and although I've not made the switch yet, I've
>> heard they are far superior to the stock rubber bushings. I'm going to
>> try
>> to see if I can hold out and replace the stock ball joints at the same
>> time
>> I replace the bushings. You can check to see if you can order them from
>> Autozone or Rockauto.com.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Ray Irons
>> Dover, DE
>
>
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