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My Nissan D22 year 2000, the rear rubber bushings wear out very quick it has been this way since new. My idea was to put traction bars I have seen the ones that have rubber bushings in the front as you brake or accelerate the car it will compress the rubber bushings there are two, hope that l made myself understandable. Has anyone tried this? Putting nylon bushings the pick up gets to be very hard. This is a everyday car.
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Does anybody knows of any kind of traction bars for this pick up?
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It seems like this company is aware of the general issue. Have you ever contacted them?

https://superpro.com.au/find/superpro-s ... -999500318

Also, if the bushings that you have tried in the past are too hard, you might look into purchasing material with a lower durometer rating and have custom bushings turned on a lathe. Superpro may be able to accomplish this easily?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_durometer
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Kevin Johnson wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:30 pm It seems like this company is aware of the general issue. Have you ever contacted them?

https://superpro.com.au/find/superpro-s ... -999500318

Also, if the bushings that you have tried in the past are too hard, you might look into purchasing material with a lower durometer rating and have custom bushings turned on a lathe. Superpro may be able to accomplish this easily?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_durometer
Kevin, thank you very much for the information. I never contacted this company, they are to far and the price to send it to me would be more then the items. I have a lathe just need the material which is not being easy to find.
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Casting polyurethane rubber is pretty easy, I've done a little bit making some custom prototype vibration isolators at work. My favorite vendor is www.smooth-on.com. They have a good selection and lots of how-to videos. Vacuum degassing is almost required but they are cheap on ebay or you can rig up a simple apparatus with a paint pressure pot and vacuum pump from harborfreight :-). Or just the pressure pot and pressure cure them. www.mcmaster.com has some hardness comparison kits, basically a keyring full of 1" squares of samples over a wide range of hardness, if you need some guidance. Making a mold for a simple tube shape is easy, or if you have a nylon or stock bushing in good shape you could pull a mold off of it then cast polyurethane copies. Again, browse the how-to videos for ideas and contact smooth-on for suggestions.
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Thank you for everyone help. Well... I know that quality has a price but for a leave spring, is there a real difference between Nylon, POM or poliurethane to make a bushing?
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