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Old Aug 16, 2018 | 03:45 AM
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Default Ploy trailing arm bushing - install instructions please

hi there,
Bought myself a set of polyurethane bushings for my trailing arms but there's no instructions.
I can sort of see how it goes together but would rather do it as per the instructions set, now given these seem to have been produced by VBP and VBP is no longer in business with their website down, I have no access to their documentation..
Anyone has a copy of the instructions for me ?
Otherwise a little write-up will go a long way
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not sure if this video is of help
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 02:12 AM
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Poly can have a lot of good uses but not for your trailing arms. If vette brakes would sell you polly for your tailing arms im glad they went out of business.
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 06:38 PM
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I have many of VB&P's urethane bushing and I doubt I will ever use them due to they are wider than the factory design and you can run into possible problems when you go to get the toe setting adjusted and get the rear aligned again. The reason I am saying this is because they have screwed me in the past on a frew jobs and I had to tweak the trialing arm after taking it all back apart so i could get the toe correct.

I can look at the paper work that I know is in these kits and get back to you but if my memory serves me correctly they wanted an overall .010" air space in the bushing when assembled. Which is why they give you all of those super thin washers. But I will double check that.

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Using poly is good on everything in your vette except the trailing arm bushings use rubber there.
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This should do it.
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