i recently picked up a 91 hatch. i found that the bushing that bolts the front of the rear trailing arm to the bottom of the chassis is kinda ripped and torn. this being my beater car i dont wanna spend tons of cash, so i think im gonna use some window weld to fill it in and stop it from ripping more. what do u guys think of this?

 

I don't think it's going to do much. Just leave them alone if you don't care about the car.

 

isn't window weld pretty much silicon? Unless its a harder compound with super adhesive abilities, it won't do much. A long time ago, I filled engine mounts with various silicon products, and the fillings would just pop out after a while.

 

hmmm interesting. ive heard about numerous dsm guys using this to fill in their motor mounts, and they make 3,4,500 whp. i just kinda wanted to have this prevent or prolong the bushing from completely ripping...

 

I heard of this being used to stiffen mounts as well, but I'm not sure it's going to work very well on a mount that's already ripped.

But it won't hurt to try...

 

I did it before, afterwards car rode very well except it would snap oversteer on bumps. There's a lot of bridges where I live with a lot of irregularities on them - when hitting these irregularities the rear would sometimes step out!

Not a pleasant experience, I don't recommend filling the bushings unless you're desperate. Honda replacements are only $60 CDN.

 

oh...I'm sorry, I missed the fact that he was talking about suspension bushings...no way would I do that on a suspension bushing.

 

I filled mine for a short time before replacing them with Mugens. It didnt seem to make much of a difference. There is also a Rubber-based product you could get at home-deopt that comes in a caulking tube...its used to mount plumbing standpipes that stick out of the roof. It might be harder when it dries.

 

i guess im just trying to not have the bushing rip all the way. ill see what happens

 

matt, mine are done, i just did my rear disk, made a big difference, i went from ripped to filled bushings, and it made it much stiffer, go for it!!!

Brett

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by I Have an STD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">matt, mine are done, i just did my rear disk, made a big difference, i went from ripped to filled bushings, and it made it much stiffer, go for it!!!

Brett</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn good to hear. now that i got my coupe up and running i can have some downtime on my hatch. ill be doing this soon

 

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Have you tried pushing it hard yet? Attend one autocross and tell me if it doesn't snap oversteer. I thought it was great, too, until I actually pushed the car and it wanted to spin on me every time I hit a minor imperfection in the track. Now I have some replacement arms with ripped bushings and I ain't filling them in again... it may be noisy, but at least it's not unpredictable anymore.

 

I have used 3m Poly in 3 sets of mounts already; it makes a very noticeable difference.
its not silicone; its polyurethane.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mmuller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have used 3m Poly in 3 sets of mounts already; it makes a very noticeable difference.
its not silicone; its polyurethane.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Where did you get the 3M poly?

 

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Where did you get the 3M poly?</TD></TR></TABLE>

its called window weld, and you can get it from Napa.