Urethane bushes

[lner JP]

Hi Guys / Girls

First post, just rejoined the VW scene last year, now back in the 90's Urethane bushes were the must do suspension upgrade, but I get the impression that nobody usese them now and was woundering why? Do they not last as long as predicted?

Cheers
JP

[TDCTDI]

Most of the urethane bushings available suck. The Bugpack urethane parts get brittle with age & crack/crumble. DO NOT use the urethane steering coupler.

I replaced all of the bushings in one of my MKI Golfs & started experiencing tracking issues with throttle input. After jacking the car up, I found that the control arms were moving back & forth 1.5” due to the urethane bushings wallowing out in only 6,000 miles.
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[lner JP]

Wow, I suspected there might be problems, but never envisaged anything that bad, no Urethane will be getting anywhere near my bug.

Cheers
TDCTDI

[Glenn]

Poor quality is what I see.
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