Are these better then the normal bushing? Because I think if I would put them in it would be one really had ride?

 

yeah the ride would be quite a bit stiffer... and i dont recomend geting them for a street car... they dont seem to like dirt and rocks very much

 

i want to get them... but yes, they'll be definately alot harsher than te stock rubber bushings

 

Sounds like a dumb idea to me. Why not spend the $35 on a pair of Energy poly bushings and be done with it.

 

you mean a spherical bearing?

bearings wear out. i would stick with rubber for the street.

 

Anybody have the ES trailing arm bushing? Mine are bad and could use a replacement. For the ES do you need to press out the old bushing? Or can you you cut out the rubber, save the metal piece and slide them into the old bushing housing. This is for a 4wd wago. Also do regular ef bushings work on rt wagons or do I need the specific one for the wagon?

 

Please listen to Tyson on this. I agree with him 100%. You do NOT what spherical's for daily.

 

**Want.

 

Yeah I was thinkin about getting the $35 bushing I was this asking, and EJAYATE Get the new SUPER STREET Mag because they should you everything you need to do and yes you have to cut and then but the rubber.... What it sad it SS.

 

Huh?

 

yeah, I read that a couple times and I cant figure out what killer CRX is saying LOL

Anyhow... from my experiance, it is also good practice to try to install the trailing arm bushing with the trailing arm set as close to ride height as possible.

This way when you let the car down on the jackstands and the car settles, the trailing arm does not twist and the bushing has less tortional stress on it. This is where I think the spherical bearings have an advantage over the conventional stock rubber bushings

 

I wish I would have replaced my trailing arm bushings on my crx. They were pretty beat up. I've never driven a crx with good trailing arm bushings because I was always too lazy to tackle the project because I knew it was going to be a huge pain in the ***.

 

You have experiance with this, with the PCI bearings, or are you just assuming? yes they do have a firmer feel but its nothing you cant get use to. I havent heard of any complaints. They hold up very well to the dirt and climate, and if you do have to change out the bearings for any reason there cheap and easy to replace. the problem with the poly ones is the grease doesent hold up for long and once they dry out there is all kinds of problems, also the poly dosent like the cold, it gets very hard and could cause more issues. once the greese drys out the shafts are almost impossible to remove, if the shafts dont slide that means the trailing arm is flexing when the toe links are trying to make toe changes during the suspension cycle.
i would never get those. if you want a rubber bushing go with the stock, hard race or mugen.

 

I've seen the bearings, I'm sure it's better for the track but it's going to transmit all the harshness and noise from the road instead of absorbing it like the stock bushing do. the site I saw them on specifically said track only, probably for those reasons.

honestly the stock rubber bushings have very little play when in good condition, I think less than the poly bushings even. on my old crx I swapped all of the front stock bushing for the polyurethane ones and while doing it I noticed that the stock pieces had metal inner and outer sleeves with very little rubber, not a lot of play at all. meanwhile the aftermarket pieces didn't have the metal sleeves and seem to squish and move more. maybe the poly ones are better but at a glance it seemed like they were the same or worse.

 

actually you wont notice extra road noise for normal driving, but only if you hit something like pot hole or really jacked up roads it will feel firmer. its not bad at all i dont even think your passenger would notice. yes they where design for track use because that is where they are absolutly needed. For street use there good for high speeds like freeway, or any type of hard braking, especially if you have larger grippy tires.

 

i have poly bushings all around front and rear and tein SS and ball bearing pillow mounts and its not as bad but it handles the turns much better. i recommend to anyone. its practically restoring the all the bushings and making your ride like new.