On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Gary Stearns wrote: > We're running 15" Agilis tires and a rear stabilizer bar. They both helped > some. I'm also playing around with stiffer bushings holding the steering > rack. If you hold one of these bushings in your hand (even a new one) they > are very soft; easliy squeezed with finger pressure. Makes for a nice quiet > ride, but the rack does move around a lot. I made some stiffer > polyurethane bushings by buying a set of the poly anti-roll bar end links at > Autozone, then turning them down to the right size. Couldn't that shorten the life of the rack? It seems like if you hold it more firmly, shocks from potholes and such will put more force on it. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The VW camper is a brilliant invention -- it's like a |___/ Swiss army knife for the road... It's the stealth RV." -- Wayne Curtis |
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