Subject	How many of you guys had stress cracks in their tension rods
Posted by	PLEAZURE in CA (SD) on August 09, 2004 at 6:36 PM
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Message	due to the use of after market Poly U bushings. I had a discussion with an expert from Escort racing shop and he told me that the Poly U bushings we are all using ,will eventually cause the arms to show stress cracks where they bolt to the lower member. He said it was because they are solid, unlike the silicon filled OEM bushings which allow the arms the flex with the car movement. He said to either use adjustable arms or the OEM bushings .. If that's the case I was curious to know if Nismo made any bushings for the tension rods !? The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. PLEAZURE in SD Matt 91TT Aztec Red stg IV+
Follow Ups	How many of you guys had stress cracks in their tension rods - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 18:36:58 08/09/04 ive seen it happen once - big gixx 18:46:39 08/09/04 I got no problems with it - HakenTT 18:49:20 08/09/04 uhh...no - genic 18:54:52 08/09/04 you are proof that god has made a better idiot. - ni[X]it 19:11:27 08/09/04 wow (n/m) - Spee 19:12:11 08/09/04 schmuck (n/m) - red300zxtt 19:50:33 08/09/04 .. - fourZero 19:58:47 08/09/04 LOL (n/m) - mpbond(STL) 20:01:13 08/09/04 Lol, That is so so true. (n/m) - Blu Z 20:07:42 08/09/04 Change your sig please - xtensive 20:33:59 08/09/04 good call - Spee 20:38:18 08/09/04 I call BS on that whole theory of theirs: - YugoBernie (NoVA) 18:56:34 08/09/04 I agree with YugoBernie - NytWolf 19:00:29 08/09/04 2nd (n/m) - College Boy 19:37:47 08/09/04 I never posted pics, but I had the same problem - fourZero 20:00:52 08/09/04 that makes no sense - Spee 19:11:41 08/09/04 What adjustable rods are you talking about? - Taks 20:30:10 08/09/04 you are correct. I was wrong. - Spee 20:39:43 08/09/04 Exactly .. they allow rotation (n/m) - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 22:44:19 08/09/04 perhaps you miss interperated what Escort said (?) - ni[X]it 19:19:15 08/09/04 Escort is pretty knowledgeable,, perhaps you misunderstood (n/m) - SonicZ 19:36:19 08/09/04 I think you mean stress cracks in the FLCAs... - dbotos 19:48:16 08/09/04 Re: How many of you guys had stress cracks in their tension rods - kuah@splparts.com 20:00:46 08/09/04 We've had the same experience. (n/m) - Seb (Specialty-Z) 20:07:04 08/09/04 AH, now it makes sense. Not the rod, but the bracket... (n/m) - ni[X]it 20:08:03 08/09/04 excellent post (n/m) - Spee 20:23:22 08/09/04 That's probably why Nismo's bushings are rubber. (n/m) - IBPimpn(Ca) 20:55:36 08/09/04 good picture, kuah... - dbotos 20:58:11 08/09/04 and for you 3D kinematicists out there... - dbotos 22:06:58 08/09/04 sorry about the wireframe... - dbotos 22:20:53 08/09/04 quit it (n/m) - Guapo 22:28:35 08/09/04 2nd! My head hurts (n/m) - tommunist 22:55:21 08/09/04 Mechanical engineer huh, I'm lost too :) (n/m) - kuah@splparts.com 00:51:25 08/10/04 okay... - dbotos 15:30:16 08/10/04 Great post .. thanks Kuah ! (n/m) - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 22:47:12 08/09/04
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