StrokerSpanky
Well-Known Member
There's nothing to keep the control arm from sliding rearward on the center shaft and letting the bushings squirt out the front and self destruct. Lasted 7 months.
^^^^^^^^^ This, plus have you contacted the manufacturer or supplier ?Wow, nice introductory post.
Any chance of some background to how they were installed before racing off and blaming the product?
Pictures will speak 1,000 words.
Well, he did post this on PST's vendor page on here......and usually someone from PST replies in short order.....^^^^^^^^^ This, plus have you contacted the manufacturer or supplier ?
That's all very well, but to use your very first post on a site to slam a Site Vendor without showing any evidence or good explanation as to the installation process is downright rude IMHO.There is a lot of advice out there to NOT use them for that very reason - they do not secure into the LCA like the rubber ones do.
In Chrysler's design the lower control arm bushing is not designed to hold the lower control arm in place. The original rubber style bushings are vulcanized to the inner and outer shell and that in itself is not designed to bear the weight and hold the control arm in place from moving forward and aft. What essentially holds the control arm in place is the strut rod and strut rod bushing.
Thanks
James From
PST
I think after a lot of complaints about squeaks when the poly stuff first came out changed the way they are made.....I've heard mention of graphite impregnated bushings......?Well I've got the PST poly graphite bushings on mine as part of a full front end rebuild and have had no issues in 3 years and 8,000 miles. No squeaks either, nice and quiet.
They must have been installed correctly as I did them myself.