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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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I have been having some problems with bushings on my Jeep for a while now. The RC LCA's I had on it had a couple bad bushings after only a couple weeks. I take them off a year later and all 4 are bad. What happened is the metal sleeve in them came loose from the rubber and then they click and clunk like crazy because the arms can move side to side a hair.

Replaced them with brand new Rusty's LCA's. Two weeks later both of the passenger side ones are bad, replaced the with 2 more from rusty's, bad again in a few weeks.

Same thing with the trailing rear leaf bushings, I had them both go bad a few weeks ago, replace them both and one of them is already bad again.

None of this really affects their function, but it's really annoying. Basically my jeep clicks every time it goes over a bump.

I'm thinking about snagging one of the complete poly bushing kits that includes one of every single bushing on the whole Jeep, anyone ever use poly bushings? How do they hold up? Are they advisable for use on control arms since they don't have give to them like rubber bushings or should I stick a johnny joint in one end or something? Did anyone else have a similar problem ever? How long do these fancy flexy joint's last, I'm going for a low maintenance vehicle here and don't want to be servicing them all the time.

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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 07:40 AM
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BDS Poly Bushings and coat them with white lithium grease before installing.
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