Got some slightly worn strut rod rubbers which are starting to make a bit of noise, so I recently bought some polyurethane bushings the same as these from ebay:- Prothane Strut rod bushings
Since buying them I looked on the net and found lots of people saying they are dangerous because they put too much shock strain on the strut rods and can cause them to break, and only rubber bushings should be used. I've also seen quite a few mentions that there is nothing wrong with using them, and the worst that will happen is you might feel the bumps in the road a bit more. Does anybody here have any actual bad experiences with poly strut rod bushings? I get the feeling that 90 percent of the people on the net that are against them are only repeating what other people have said, and I have a hard time believing that when the company selling them says "Replace worn suspension components for better than new performance" that they are leaving out the bit that says "our parts will cause your strut rods to break and cause you to crash and die a fiery death"......
Also, I had a wheel alignment done not too long back and obviously after replacing the strut bushings I should get another alignment done. What I was wondering though is if I take an accurate measurement from the lower control arms to a fixed part of the car body before I take the strut rods out, shouldn't it mean that after the new bushings are installed that if I adjust the strut rods to duplicate the previous measurement then my alignment will stay the same so I won't need to take it to a shop for a new alignment??
Since buying them I looked on the net and found lots of people saying they are dangerous because they put too much shock strain on the strut rods and can cause them to break, and only rubber bushings should be used. I've also seen quite a few mentions that there is nothing wrong with using them, and the worst that will happen is you might feel the bumps in the road a bit more. Does anybody here have any actual bad experiences with poly strut rod bushings? I get the feeling that 90 percent of the people on the net that are against them are only repeating what other people have said, and I have a hard time believing that when the company selling them says "Replace worn suspension components for better than new performance" that they are leaving out the bit that says "our parts will cause your strut rods to break and cause you to crash and die a fiery death"......
Also, I had a wheel alignment done not too long back and obviously after replacing the strut bushings I should get another alignment done. What I was wondering though is if I take an accurate measurement from the lower control arms to a fixed part of the car body before I take the strut rods out, shouldn't it mean that after the new bushings are installed that if I adjust the strut rods to duplicate the previous measurement then my alignment will stay the same so I won't need to take it to a shop for a new alignment??
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