Poly bushes for charger. Worth it? Where to buy and what to get??

[marangen]

A lot of pieces in advertised "kits" - but unsure of what exactly is needed...

Bought a kit for my old Challenger and result was very impressive. Can´t remember what was included in that kit and car now sold...

Want everything for front (including sway bar (which dimension on R/T 1968?)) + leaf springs...

Suggestions or opinions - poly or just regular/originals repro (who sells these - Year One?)

Many thanks,

M

[BLAM]

I would get Moog rubber bushings and ball joints for the front end.  Poly bushings are too stiff in my opinion and need to much care (regular grease), and over time they get sloppy.

I would only use poly bushings on front and rear sway bars, rear springs, and rear spring shackles.  Make sure you install grease fitting on all poly bushing housings so you can easily grease them up each year.

[BB1]

 

[marangen]

Thanks a lot - interesting input.

don´t like mainenance so Moog sounds great - they have a complete kit - or polybushes better for leaf springs etc? But if Moog have similar that are mainenance free I may well go for that...


M

[AKcharger]

Yeah I'm finding out the curse of the poly bushing is squeeking...and I used the grease that came with the bushings.

[Mike DC]

This is another one of those areas where retrofitting something sounds good, but the parts are designed differently on the newer cars so they work better than they will in our old rides.

Poly bushings are just like a tighter version than the rubber ones in terms of crushing.  The problem is that poly will not twist at all.  The rubber bushings on old cars did double-duty because they also had to twist as the control arms moved, whereas I think a lot of modern cars aren't built this way (I think they're running steel sleeves in a lot of these situations, but I'm not 100% sure).

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