Kastle's korner and polyurethane steering rack bushings
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:58 pm
Summary: both are excellent
I ordered some Superpro steering rack bushings on monday. I recieved them on wednesday. They had 4 update emails. Very very good.
The rack bushings killed the floaty spot in the middle of the wheel, making small line adjustments much easier. The feel is a little firmer, and much more connected. I will put PU bushings on any future car i own, they made quite a remarkable difference. I had already shimmed my stock bushings with bike tubes (ghetto, i know, but quite effective) and these boogers were still a remarkable improvement. No change in NVH. Everyone should get a set, not just us boy-racers.
Install should have been 20 minutes, but it took me 2 hours because i had stripped a bolt last time my rack was off and the repair bolt was jammed. I had read that the drivers side bushing was tough to get on, and since i had limited space (stripped bolt problems) I cut it in half and put each half on separately. Didn't seem to matter once the rack mounts were tightened up, but it suuuuure made it easy to install.
Bushings cost me 25$ shipped.
I ordered some Superpro steering rack bushings on monday. I recieved them on wednesday. They had 4 update emails. Very very good.
The rack bushings killed the floaty spot in the middle of the wheel, making small line adjustments much easier. The feel is a little firmer, and much more connected. I will put PU bushings on any future car i own, they made quite a remarkable difference. I had already shimmed my stock bushings with bike tubes (ghetto, i know, but quite effective) and these boogers were still a remarkable improvement. No change in NVH. Everyone should get a set, not just us boy-racers.
Install should have been 20 minutes, but it took me 2 hours because i had stripped a bolt last time my rack was off and the repair bolt was jammed. I had read that the drivers side bushing was tough to get on, and since i had limited space (stripped bolt problems) I cut it in half and put each half on separately. Didn't seem to matter once the rack mounts were tightened up, but it suuuuure made it easy to install.
Bushings cost me 25$ shipped.