JT you have poly stuff right? Did it make your ride rougher talked to the guy that owns the body shop where my car goes he said after he put poly stuff on his camero it made it rougher but his is a drag car so i don't know if that makes a difference
Sway bar bushing what to do
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I've got poly bushings all throughout my Stang's suspension - I don't have a single rubber bushing left. It does make your ride rougher, because all the bushings are stiffer. But, that's a good thing - they have less give now, so the suspension moves the way it's supposed to. There isn't any play in my steering wheel anymore - the Stang goes exactly where I want it to go.MysteryMachine said:
Because there's less give in the bushings, you feel all the bumps in the road. But that's okay, because I've got better control of the Stang now. I'll give up a bit of comfort for that.
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Jeeeez - all this for some sway bar bushings. I am kinda wondering if I am gonna do this afterall.
HAHAHAHAHAHA JT. 2" swaybar. Now that you mention it, that doesn't sound like too bad of an idea. If it comes with the bushings, I may just have to go that route.
Sorry you are havin such a hard time here.
Here you go buddy - I didn't mean to abandon you. LOL........
www.brothersperformance.com/shop/mustang/ene45167.html
94-95 swaybar bushings, 30MM, greasable 29.99
HAHAHAHAHAHA JT. 2" swaybar. Now that you mention it, that doesn't sound like too bad of an idea. If it comes with the bushings, I may just have to go that route.
Sorry you are havin such a hard time here.
Here you go buddy - I didn't mean to abandon you. LOL........
www.brothersperformance.com/shop/mustang/ene45167.html
94-95 swaybar bushings, 30MM, greasable 29.99
You already got great replies, but I will chime in anyhow. I dont see poly as all that brutal - pure perspective here. In my first dabbling on suspensions a long time ago, I put Delrin on the double-wishbone front suspension of a Euro car I have. Now that was pretty brutal. Poly is much less brutal, so it does not bother me.MysteryMachine said:
As far as the sway bar, it wont make hardly any difference in the SOTP. The stock anti-sway bushings are a fairly hard durometer anyhow - not that far from poly. Now in the LCA (front) bushings is where you can really feel a difference IMHO.
I have all poly on the front end of the 88 GT vert (the 94's bushings are still stock; I have not done the sway and end links in it yet) and it is abrupt over larger bumps. I have newer, but not very nice, dampers on the '88 (which would help) nor do I have progressive rate springs.
Would I do it again - you bet. And for the anti-sway bars and end links, you cant go wrong with the poly.
FWIW, I simply ordered the end links and bushings from Summit - they have both (to augment the link Shane provided).
Good luck bud.
car is rough as **** now. was hoping it would get better after all this lol guess not. Might still feel better beings it still had the factory struts on the damn thing. Yeah Summit is where i ordered all my stuff from too but i figured for the second set of sway bar bushings I'd get them faster and not have to pay handling fees if i got them from pepboys. Wish i could find someone to sell the set i ordered wrong to.
Again thanks for all your help guys. Hope to get the call tomorrow that their in again and hope they are right this time. I'll let ya's know
Again thanks for all your help guys. Hope to get the call tomorrow that their in again and hope they are right this time. I'll let ya's know
Well picked up the new set on my way to work. One was missing the damn grease fitting but the guy pulled one out of a pack on the shelf so now i gotta figure out how to get it in beings the holes arn't threaded car should (cross my fingers) be back together tomorrow
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Well, I went out and opened my box so I could see if I could help ya out. Low and behold, mine did not come with ANY zerk fittings. WTF? You are right - it looks like the fitting would be captured from the other side, not threaded in. Can you see how it is on the one that you have with the fitting? Is there a nut on the outside of the bracket or something to hold it? I gotta go do some checking. 
nope no nut just looks like they force them in there heres a couple pics of the one with the fitting so you can see
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Thanks for posting the pics and letting me know.
I just sent off an email to ES to see what gives. Otherwise I would have assumed the zerks are not included and would have boogered a zerk in there (I would have tapped that boss to use a screw in fitting, which is not ideal at all). Now I know that it might (should) come with the fittings. I doubt they are open on Sat., so it might be awhile before I hear back. I will let ya know what they say (just for curiosity's sake).
Thanks again!
I just sent off an email to ES to see what gives. Otherwise I would have assumed the zerks are not included and would have boogered a zerk in there (I would have tapped that boss to use a screw in fitting, which is not ideal at all). Now I know that it might (should) come with the fittings. I doubt they are open on Sat., so it might be awhile before I hear back. I will let ya know what they say (just for curiosity's sake).
Thanks again!
i don't care if its not ideal at this point i want and need my car back together. And its not like i'll be greasing them all the time anyway. I'm not waiting on another set took long enough for these. But yeah still post what they say kinda courious what they have to say.
Car should be done tomorrow would have been done tonight but the car place i went to gave the wrong size banjo washers (copper brake line washers) So off t Advance tmorrow morning and finish it up wait on my dad to come home to bleed the brakes. I think i'm gonna have to rebleed all them the res looks a little empty but that shouldn't take long i hope if i do. The hope is the wheels look stright and i can take a quick drve to see how it feels them monday call out about getting it aligned and talk to my inspection guy and hopefully i can get it done before thursday
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JT for the fitting my dad found a bolt teh same size as the zerk and put it in the hole and i guess kinda threading it and the the zerk went right it
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JT for the fitting my dad found a bolt teh same size as the zerk and put it in the hole and i guess kinda threading it and the the zerk went right it
Lookin good man! I hear ya on the zerks. If they dont send me some, I will grab something that fits at the store and tap the holes. You know how it is - if something is supposed to come with a part, I want that part. We will see (no word yet).
I am too lazy to look right now - did you do new springs? If so, I might ask the alignment guy to factor in for a *little* bit of spring settling (affecting camber).
Good luck brah!
I am too lazy to look right now - did you do new springs? If so, I might ask the alignment guy to factor in for a *little* bit of spring settling (affecting camber).
Good luck brah!
nope same springs as when I bought it I just gave them a few quick coats of paint they look like **** up close but i didn't care on them cause you won't really see them anyway. Pissed me off right after i took the pics i scratched the caliper a little right in the front so I'll have to touch it up. I know the rotors look ****ty but after a few taps on the brake they should clean right up lol. My worry is that i got the bump steer kit and they won't be able to do it the right way
You should be able to find a shop to get the settings you want (getting said specs ahead of time might be a good idea). If peeps here didnt know, perhaps on the cornercarvers forum or a place like MM would know a good set of proven specs.
Then have the car aligned to those specs (since you can dial in more caster and camber than was originally allowed, a shop might try to stick to stock settings, which is teh lose).
It can be hard to find a good alignment shop to do the work, but they are out there Ihave heard
. Or do the MFE alignment (yourself).
Good luck!
Then have the car aligned to those specs (since you can dial in more caster and camber than was originally allowed, a shop might try to stick to stock settings, which is teh lose).
It can be hard to find a good alignment shop to do the work, but they are out there Ihave heard
. Or do the MFE alignment (yourself).Good luck!
well I figure when i call i'm gona ask them if they can do that and if not if they know anywhere that can and hope to get it done this week. Be nice if i can have my #2 baby back for the long weekend
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