Suspension bushings are some of the most highly stressed components fitted to a vehicle (and least talked about). They undergo enormous strains in the most arduous of conditions with no maintenance or lubrication. Having old, tired, broken bushings, or even bushings made of poor quality materials, can cause excessive tire wear, braking instability and poor handling. This is the single biggest reason you can instantly tell the difference between driving a three year old car and a new one.
However, even new cars will benefit from upgraded components, especially bushings! Powerflex is an engineering company with an arsenal of innovative solutions for failure-prone and poorly performing stock parts. And because of their superior design they offer much more effective control of the suspension components to a much greater extent than normal rubber items.
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In our discussion with James & Jake, we cover topics like:
- In suspension tuning there is a rule of 3, that being: CAMBER, CASTER and TOE. Let’s address them all!
- How do these settings affect UNDER and OVER steer?
- Alignment 101 by Powerflex!
- So when we talk about “Suspension Tuning” what does that mean? Are we just talking about an “alignment”?
- Proper 4-wheel (versus 2 wheel alignment), ie: Thrust Angle, Bump, Squat, Roll-Center, etc.