HotWheelsBurban
Gotta have 4 doors..... Rawhide, TOTY 2023!
Are the control arm bushings on your Burb rubber or the greasable steel ones?New to bushing replacement.
What are the differences/opinions on stock rubber vs polyurethane?
Ride vs longevity vs installation difficulty etc
Really need to redo the bushings on my K2500 Burb, so figured I'd ask and get myself learned from folks that probably know a lot more than me.
Not sure what the 400 series 3/4 & 1 ton trucks have, but I know my square Burb (90 GMC R2500) had the steel ones. In 10 years of working on that truck, I learned how to get to all 8 of them,plus all the front end linkages and ball joints, without too many contortions. When they finally got worn out, dad and I went ahead and did the complete control arms. We'd already done the lower ball joints and all the tie rods the year before, and the pitman arm and idler arm were still good too.
One of the things my 99 Burb needs badly is the upper control arm bushings. The ball joints are only 2 years old, and lifetime warranty MOOG, but it'll be a lot simpler to do the whole arm. I'll keep the ball joints for spares. Got a complete set of new linkage parts from a guy on the forum who'd sold his truck and found them in the garage. So of course that's not what wears out LOL!