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Upper Mount Bushing Again! C70 1999

posted by  rd on  Thu Jan 24 09:43 CST 2002
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My upper mount rubber bushing cracked again at the
top of the pillar. (|)

I was told that the new OEM replacements were new
and improved. To tell you the truth it looked just the same
as the original. I'm on my last year of warranty now
and it's going to be a pain to deal with this on a
yearly basis. It seems they tend to go about once a year.
I know turbos run hot and dry the rubber but just fix it.

I bet many people are driving around with this bushing
cracked and don't even know it. I heard IPD's are good but
a little too rigid. This was a bad design (|). These are type
of things that pi^% me off.

Anyone have any updates on these bushings.

Thanks,

rd







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    Upper Mount Bushing Again! C70 1999

    posted by  bryan goldberg on  Thu Jan 24 15:55 CST 2002
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    RD,

    I had the IPD bushing on my S70 GLT for almost two years. I switched back to the OEM because of the harshness at start-up and particularly on sudden acceleration.

    The bushing is inexpensive (@$10.US) and can be replaced with a ball joint press in about twenty minutes. I had to remove the turbo-duct and clamp to fit the press.

    The pros on the board have expressed some concern about possible long term effects on the engine/tranny with the poly bushing.

    Good luck!

    Bryan








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    Upper Mount Bushing Again! C70 1999

    posted by  John G on  Thu Jan 24 12:53 CST 2002
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    I just replaced the upper mount with the IPD poly bushing on my T5R about 6k miles ago and have noticed absolutely no additional vibration as many on the board have. It took about 10 minutes to install. I used an air hammer to remove the old mount so it made it a lot quicker than if I had sawed through it. It is a noticable difference with it in there though, of course my comparison is with the broken mount!

    Good Luck!








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      Upper Mount Bushing Again! 850 1997

      uid 5982's pic
      posted by  Thor's Hammer on  Fri Jan 25 05:50 CST 2002
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      I also replaced my stock bushing before it broke with a poly mount and have not noticed any additional vibration or problems with the other mounts. My car is an 850R with over 300hp ,and so far so good for the last 10k miles.

      my .02

      Rich S.






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