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Has anyone else seen Whiteline Rear Uppers crack like this?
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<blockquote data-quote="Catmonkey" data-source="post: 16272457" data-attributes="member: 124025"><p>I don't know what these guys are doing to their poly bushings, but rubber and poly are not going to hold up well to drag radials or slicks. Also if you don't use a synthetic grease on them, they will degrade over time. If you're beating up rod ends on the street, just think what they're doing to the thin metal brackets and undercarriage of your car. </p><p></p><p>Bushings are at best a compromise and a maintenance item. I've run rod ends and, IMO, they don't belong on a street car. If you want to run one, by all means do so. Maybe you drive better roads than I do, or you're just a hard-core, road warrior. Any bushing will eventually wear and/or loosen as you rack up miles. It's too bad no one makes bushings out of delrin, but they'd probably come at a cost higher than rod ends. They're also less forgiving than poly. </p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure all poly bushings come from the same manufacturers, so if a poly bushing fails, I wouldn't say the arm manufacturer makes a mid-level arm. Perhaps you chose the wrong bushing material for your application. If the arm supporting the bushing fails, that's another story. I use BMR because they're well engineered, well constructed and have less fitment issues than other stuff I've tried. Any arm I own with a rod end is sitting in storage, but then my car is a driver. It's just a few hours of wrenching away from road warrior, but those events are few and far between.</p><p></p><p>Whiteline uses some other type of proprietary synthetic bushing material that is closer to rubber than poly in terms of firmness and comfort. Pick your poison on how you intend to use the car and expect, at some point, you'll either be changing rod ends or bushings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catmonkey, post: 16272457, member: 124025"] I don't know what these guys are doing to their poly bushings, but rubber and poly are not going to hold up well to drag radials or slicks. Also if you don't use a synthetic grease on them, they will degrade over time. If you're beating up rod ends on the street, just think what they're doing to the thin metal brackets and undercarriage of your car. Bushings are at best a compromise and a maintenance item. I've run rod ends and, IMO, they don't belong on a street car. If you want to run one, by all means do so. Maybe you drive better roads than I do, or you're just a hard-core, road warrior. Any bushing will eventually wear and/or loosen as you rack up miles. It's too bad no one makes bushings out of delrin, but they'd probably come at a cost higher than rod ends. They're also less forgiving than poly. I'm pretty sure all poly bushings come from the same manufacturers, so if a poly bushing fails, I wouldn't say the arm manufacturer makes a mid-level arm. Perhaps you chose the wrong bushing material for your application. If the arm supporting the bushing fails, that's another story. I use BMR because they're well engineered, well constructed and have less fitment issues than other stuff I've tried. Any arm I own with a rod end is sitting in storage, but then my car is a driver. It's just a few hours of wrenching away from road warrior, but those events are few and far between. Whiteline uses some other type of proprietary synthetic bushing material that is closer to rubber than poly in terms of firmness and comfort. Pick your poison on how you intend to use the car and expect, at some point, you'll either be changing rod ends or bushings. [/QUOTE]
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