Switch over to urethane or polyurethane components or some other compound instead of rubber. One of them doesn't squeak and they last longer than rubber. Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Rubber meets the metal Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 9/30/97 7:12 AM In my seemingly never-ending quest for a way to quiet the rubber parts of my bus where they meet the metal parts, I have been experimenting. Suspension components I am talking about here, sway bars, bushings, etc. wherever rubber meets the metal. ... |
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