Rubber or poly bushings

[Bextreme04]

this should be the ones for 80s trucks...

https://www.lmctruck.com/1973-87-chevy-gmc/body-mounting/cc-1973-87-complete-body-mounting-kits

Looks to be back ordered right now though

I think I was originally trying to go rubber, but couldn't find any that weren't back ordered or insanely expensive.

 

[nabeshin]

I think I was originally trying to go rubber, but couldn't find any that weren't back ordered or insanely expensive.

You gotta pay to play.

And then I bet factories are reduced cause of CARONA VAIRUS

 

[Bextreme04]

You gotta pay to play.

And then I bet factories are reduced cause of CARONA VAIRUS

This was a few months before the virus. You could get them from rockauto or amazon for something like $40 per rear bushing and then only individually with no front bushings at all. Or you could get a complete poly cab bushing set with new bolts and washers from summit for $75 and free shipping.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

Last month installed ORD Kevlar bushings for all leafs and sway bar. The ride is smooth and for the same price as other kits you get greasable bolts.

 

[MikeB]

I have used brand name poly bushings (Energy Suspension and Prothane) for suspension & steering components in every old vehicle I've ever owned. I also used poly cab mounts on a 69 C10.

Frankly, the only difference I can tell is the vehicles have quicker steering response, and are generally less bouncy-bouncy. If the ride is harsher I've never noticed it. I mean we're talking' pickups here, not Buicks!

And those 69 C10 cab mount bushings that I installed in the mid-1990s? They still look and work like new. Prior to that I had installed real GM rubber bushings, but they started cracking just a couple years later. Bad batch? Old stock? Maybe.

 

[82Diesel]

Rubber. I'm at the point i need to find all the Suspension / Steering Components for my truck as well.
I can only find crappy poly. Who knows where a fella can get good ole Rubber?

Yes it'll be a Cruiser I don't really plan on Daily'ing but that's the future and we can't predict that.

 

[82Diesel]

this should be the ones for 80s trucks...

https://www.lmctruck.com/1973-87-chevy-gmc/body-mounting/cc-1973-87-complete-body-mounting-kits

Looks to be back ordered right now though

Damn that sucks... Guess I can always Nab the NOS Set from a friend... lol

 

[Kevin McDermand]

Rubber. I'm at the point i need to find all the Suspension / Steering Components for my truck as well.
I can only find crappy poly. Who knows where a fella can get good ole Rubber?

Yes it'll be a Cruiser I don't really plan on Daily'ing but that's the future and we can't predict that.

Why don't you like the poly? Seems half the guys like poly and half like the rubber.

 

[Rob Goblin]

LMC, National Parts Depot, and Classic Industries all sell both rubber and poly body mounts. I know LMC and National Parts Depot sell rubber suspension bushings.

I have all three paper catalogs.

I want to go poly body mounts, but I can't find anywhere that sells the bed mounts just cab and rad support.

 

[nabeshin]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the bed doesn't have mounts, it's just bolted straight to the frame.

 

[JoeR Jr]

I stuck with rubber for cab and radiator, all suspension was replaced with poly.

This is what I would recommend. Another member here has the same truck as me. Fried Daddy installed new poly suspension bushings. The difference in highway-speed handling (and higher) was night and day. I plan to do mine before too long.

Joe

 

[Rob Goblin]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the bed doesn't have mounts, it's just bolted straight to the frame.

By george you're right. I looked at the LMC catalog on my work computer instead of on my phone at home and see that the full kit just has the mounting bolts for the bed.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

What do y’all think about the doing all rubber except poly on the sway bar links and bracket bushings? The logic there would be to keep a squishier ride while keeping the sway bar rigid and having a little bit better turning performance.

 

[Dutch Rutter]

What do y’all think about the doing all rubber except poly on the sway bar links and bracket bushings? The logic there would be to keep a squishier ride while keeping the sway bar rigid and having a little bit better turning performance.

This is what I did. Works well. I also used ORD's "fancy hybrid" leaf spring bushings that are something with Kevlar. Pretty decent so far.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

This is what I did. Works well. I also used ORD's "fancy hybrid" leaf spring bushings that are something with Kevlar. Pretty decent so far.

I’ll have to look those up, but I’ll plan to do like I said. I wish I could do poly on body mounts, but knowing my luck, it would squeak to no end.