RE: Why are poly bushings "bad"?

["Scott Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

Poly is considered "bad" by many for a number of reasons. Poly is prone to
denting and even actual disintegration at worst. Hit a large bump and
instead of rebounding to the cast shape, the bushing will retain the dent
and will become non-functional. I've turned poly control arm bushings into
red dust under rally conditions and no longer use them there. All of this is
exacerbated in the cold weather, btw...

In my opinion they aren't a bad idea if you plan to keep a watchful eye on
the parts and to periodically lubricate them. However, you can avoid these
complications with a proper set of delrin material bushings. Refer to the EM
Sport web site for more information. YMMV...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Aaron Ness
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 3:38 PM
> To: 'scirocco'
> Subject: Why are poly bushings "bad"?
>
>
> According to the Shine Racing website, you should buy their Teflon
> suspension bushings because poly bushings are bad.  They don't
> say why, and
> I'm curious.  I'm thinking about doing some suspension upgrades in the
> future (upper and lower stress bars, front and rear sway bars), and I
> figured I might replace my bushings (most likely original) with something
> better while I'm in there.  I use my car on the street exclusively.  Can
> anyone shed light on this?
>
> Aaron
> '82 Scirocco
> '70 Beetle
> '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
> '81 Honda CX500
>
>
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