Re: [AMC-List] Damn Car Still Has Teething Pains :-(

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately polyurethane bushings simply squeak and groan. The lube
never lasts, pressure and time and it exits. It's too bad it makes "old
car sounds" on an old car that's actually perfect.

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 13:01, Mr. AMC wrote:
> I been driving the orange Hornet 5 days a week since I got it out of my
> friends shop just before Christmas except in the snow. I been tweaking
> on it here and there. The Alt. clearance problem is now solved and I
> have done a lot of cosmetic work on the car. When I had the new rear
> springs installed I used the same poly bushing's as I used on my yellow
> car 3-4 years previous. In below freezing temps they have a tendency to
> squeak a little. The orange car has developed a squeak over the last 2
> months and now that it is warm it should have gone away. The shop that
> installed the springs apparently did not lube the parts properly. Now
> that they are properly lubed and don't squeak there is a slight clunking
> noise that I didn't hear over the squeaking noise. It's either a shock
> bushing or a bad shock. They only have 3,000 miles on them. Does
> everything with this car have to be a fight?
> "Doc"
> 
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