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Does anybody have experience with the new style of bushings for the Wishbones? See video..

My concern is that they going to make noise after a while. They have not as the original ones rubber till the outer washers. The inner part does turn. It can be good but.. how long?

Is there a special grease to add or no grease? Or shall I not mount them at all?

regards Marcel

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Correct, those are the wrong bushings. The correct rubber bushings are not rotatable.

On the originals the sleeves are part of the bushing. Molded together.  It's a tough installation. In fact you may need a heavy press to do it with AND you need the special tool to hold the a-arm in the press while you do it. There is very little "meat" on the knuckle to hold the arm with.

The poly-urethane bushings however will slip right in now.

They don't squeak any more then the rubber bushings do but are grease-able where as the rubber ones aren't.

The rubber also will split eventually as well.

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I remember Steve Wilkinson stating at the Monterey fun rally a few years ago that he had a new bushing design coming that would rotate. Given that Hall is just around the corner from Wilkinson, maybe these are the new bushings Steve mentioned?

For what it is worth I just recently purchased bushings and ball joints from Maseratinet through their ebay store. I made a reasonable offer and they accepted. The bushings look stock with the exception that the outer surface that presses into the control arm is ribbed. picture taken from their ebay listing.

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