Re: Polyurethane bushings

["Toby Peterson" <tobyp@xxxx>]

Ski - I have installed polyurethane bushings on the front sway bar 
attachment to the frame (saddle bushings), and where the sway bar 
attaches to the lower control arms (donut bushings). The saddle 
bushings were "off the shelf" parts, with some minor "tweaking" to 
make them work better in the DeLorean application. The donut bushings 
were modified from radius rod bushings for Honda Civic. They have 
been thinned down, and the center hole opened up. This change to 
urethane has made a huge improvement to the handling and stability of 
Winged1, together with the front LCA links mentioned in your other 
post. From a "fleet perspective", I have beat my head against the 
wall with two major urethane suppliers trying to get a DeLorean 
application of all suspension bushings going. I'm still trying. 
Email me "offlist" and I can give you some specifics on how I made the 
bushings work in my car. There is some workmanship required, so don't 
try this at home without a little guidance.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248
Winged1
TobyP(at)KATEWWDB.com 


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vegascop1" <vegascop1@xxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone out there had any luck in getting to fit any polyurathane 
> bushings in our cars? I took the front sway bar bushings off and 
> they are very sad. I will wait for about a week and then "research" 
> here we come. Any onfo would be appriciated no matter what bushing 
> you have replaced.
> 
> Thnx for any help!
> 
> Ski 4649