MatthewR

Front Transverse Spring Bushing Damage

Anyone else run into a problem w/ this? Looks like a small round black rubber donut. On one side, where the spring meets the lower control arm, the bushing is seriously slanted/crushed/mashed down while the other side is intact and round. What causes this? I am told the entire spring has to be replaced as the bushing and the black bolt that runs through the center of it are not sold separately. Crazy.

Thanks for any insight. How do I prevent it from happening again?

Lightly modied suspension: Pfadt shocks & Hotchkiss sway bars. Never messed w/ the spring.

Last C5

The crushed bushing was obviously attacked by bushing elves. Replace both sides with a set from West Coast Corvettes ($24.95), they have poly bushings on theirs and that should solve any future problems. I think somebody makes a set with delrin bushings too, but that's probably overkill and more expensive anyway.

ghoffman

This seems to be a common problem on C6's. The rear adjuster can/will actually break across the threads, and the OE parts are not sold by GM. We sell the Delrin spring end kit, the other brand fails rapidly (check out the many threads on other parts of CF about this), whereas we have had this kit in production since 2001 and have never had any failures. Really, $65 is cheap to permanently fix this problem.


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davidfarmer

that looks like a nice setup....having the removable bushing makes servicing a snap.

I guess I should should mine out!

95jersey

Or just dump the leaf entirely and go with a set of coil-overs.

ghoffman

Well there IS that, but finding coil overs for $65 is tough!

MatthewR

Thanks Gary !

LS3FORME

Gary, I put your bolts on my 08 c6 and setup the ride height, the product is a great improvement over stock for such small dollars it should be a no brainer.

ghoffman

Essentially, since Delrin is a low friction material (unlike polyurethane) it emulates a roller tip as David suggested. Also we use stainless steel or plated threads so that it does not seize into the spring like the OE parts.