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Nolethane bushes ?

Post by Hobbz »

Some guy up here in Denmark has just started selling Nolethane bushes ...
Are they any better than OME or ?
Just hunting a little info ....
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Post by Tiny »

nolathane are not ideal, you are much better off with rubber
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Post by -Scott- »

Polyurethane bushes are usually much stiffer than rubber bushes, which is great for on-road handling but generally crap for off-road flex.

Some people claim the stiffer material will also transmit more vibration, which can be detrimental to some suspension components.

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Post by Loanrangie »

The only good place for Nolethane/ Urethane/ Poly bushes in a 4by is in the panhard rod, these will give more precise locating of the diff.
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NJ SWB wrote: Some people claim the stiffer material will also transmit more vibration, which can be detrimental to some suspension components.
not true BUT especially in leaf springs etc the fact there is little movement and the fact they will not give and keep a memory, the holes will elongate and result in slop in the pins etc. same goes for shocks and they will not flex very well for comtrol arms and radious arms.

the life of nolathane products will also be greatly reduced compared to rubber ones for the above reason and the result of the wear will be more pronounced.

Also the nolathane will produce lots of squeaks etc when the componants move. Ideally a carbon fibre / rubber compound would be the best as is provided the elatic and memory proberties with good lubricity for movement BUT the few that have tried this have had problems with consistency. If the mix is not right after a few weeks exposed to uv et you will have what can best be descibed as thousands of ruber bands wrapped around where the bush should be :D :lol:
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Post by pongo »

I put nolathane all round on a 90 model 4runner . 6 months later a fair few of them are already flogged out. Definatly using rubber this time around
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Thanks for all that, it is just as i thought, stick with rubber bushes ;)
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