Re: [AMC-List] Prothane = Strut bushings

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know they are hard and will add vibration, but at least they are available!
Up till now you guys were out in the cold as far as replacing these things went.
The fabricaters of us can always get something put together. The guy that just wanst to drive had a problem!
  Yesterday I was looking at Circle track misc stuff and wondering how hard it would be to take the front section of th eearly strut and turn it, then thread it, keeping it as large as possible. You could then use a piece of trailing arm to join it to a piece of late model strut to use that bushing. If you could end up witha 3/4" thread on the strut pieces it would still be plenty beefy.
Composition would be Lower arm-Old style strut-Threaded Trailing arm-New style strut. You could also just use a threaded stock or make up the rear sections.
   My only interest in this would be for the guys that want to avoid using rod ends or Poly. It's very nice that Prothane noticed the need and stepped up to the plate!
  I know that soft poly is available, I wonder if it would be possible to have them make up soft poly. The other thing of note is that the earlybushings a pretty thin anyway, there may not be a whole lot of change between the two!
   On the same subject when did the changeover really take place? My brother told me he had troubles getting his struts together as he could not get the right bushings. His is a 65 Marlin. I haven't looked under my 65's to see what they look like. My brothers could be a changeover or???
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "Swygert wrote: 
> > Well, I just searched on the early Strut bushings and found that
> Prothan now
> makes them!
> >
> > AMC
> > 62-64 AMBASSADOR FT. STRUT ROD BUSHING KIT, 5/8" #1-1207
> >
> > Their site also says the rear track bar bushings for 63-66 are coming
> soon!
> ------------------------------
> 
> I'm interested in seeing if this is a one-piece replacement unit or a
> new two piece unit designed to replace the one piece. Either way will be
> fine! Urethane is still a bit hard for this application -- you can feel
> every hard bump right under your feet!! 
> 
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