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Originally Posted by Tromas
I had to go look at the invoice from 2015 when I changed the bushings. They appear to be Daystar Poly Graphite (99 3014 340). I put them in December 2015.
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That’s what I would have guessed. Poly graphite are very tricky to fit to allow proper rotation. Too tight and they bind up badly and the suspension doesn’t work properly, too loose they rattle and clunk. And in areas with temperature change, if you fit perfectly in the summer, they shrink and are loose in the winter. Opposite winter to summer.
After using dozens of different types of poly bushings on various car builds, fitted, special greases, zerk fittings, etc., I’ll never use them again in rotational applications.
Don’t get me wrong, they work fine if you want to stiffen areas like body mounts, subframe mounts, crossmember mounts, etc. non-rotational applications.
Find some fresh outer sleeves and do what 911tracker85 did for a long term solution.