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Many folks complain about the squeaking problem on new
vehicles with this type of bushing. Your mechanic is probably correct in that
they will squeak for a looooooong time, partly because you likely won't drive
your cars that much. Since most of the parts are probably original & have
stood up for close to 40 years, I'd buy original equipment parts.
John
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: IML: Front-end Rebuilding
Hello All!!!
I am hoping that athose of you in the IML who
have gone thru the 'front-end-
rebuild' thing can offer some first hand
info here. I want to redo the front-
end of both my '66 Crown convertibles.
I figure if I am going to do this I
would like to do it the right way and
only once (in my lifetime anyway). I was
talking to a mechanic at one of
our local shops and he said that the
polyurathane (spelling?) bushings and
such will last a lot longer than say
MOOG or TRW products BUT !!!!!! that
I should expect the poly's to 'squeek'
for a LOOOONNNG time once they are
installed. I haven't heard of this problem
before but was wondering if any
of you out there in IML-land could tell me,
from experience, which
re-build kits or parts you have used and how they
performed afterwards.
Also if you would buy again from the person you
purchased your own oarts
from.
Thanks in advance for any and all replys!!!!!
My 4-post lift
arrives in about 2 weeks and this is probably the
first 'project' I will
attack......also, do I need any special tools? (besides
something for
doing ball-joints ....which is going to be another 'first' for
me
also....maybe I should just have the auto shop do the whole thing?????? I
greatly appreciate ANY info on this!!
Thanks everyone!!
Dan
Melnik
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