I too am not positive about which bushings squeak. I think it is the poly
ones, but I ma not sure. I was told that the best are the TRF "nylatron"
ones. ISTR that I was told by my trusted mechanic that the nylon ones do not
squeak, but I am not sure.
Doing the re-bushing job is fairly easy, but be careful about removing the
original rubber ones. They come out hard. I had to drill out a lot
of the rubber before they would come out. I nicked the rim of the
aluminum and it is now being aluminum welded to fill the defect.
THe front suspension is a bit harder to disassemble, but I am told it
is not too bad as long as you have a good spring compressor...
>Listers,
>
>I'm hours away from jumping in feet first on a full front and rear
>suspension rebuild on the 6. But before I get greasy, I wanted to ask
>the collective experience of the list a question or two:
>
>Most specifically, I'll be rebushing with BPNW's poly kit. Now I seem
>to remember some complaints in the past about squeaky bushings. Maybe
>it was nylon that was being discussed. Regardless, I also seem to
>remember listers suggesting solutions. I know several of you have used
>these bushings; any advice about squeak problems and ways to fight it?
>
>Also while I'm at it - since this is the first suspension rebuild I've
>done, anybody experienced feel like sharing any hard-earned tricks?
>Everything looks straightforward enough, but by now I've learned to know
>better than that...
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