[robz71lm7]

Since this has no useful tech and has been covered previously I thought I'd post my rant in here.

This applies to the '93+ F-body.

I just took the front lca's off my car. I replaced the bushings in them with Energy Suspension bushings in the summer. Well after just a few autocross events the caster bushings on BOTH sides are ripped in half and one side had almost spit the bushing completely out. (The caster bushing are the rear bushing on the front LCA's).

I was mainly doing this to replace them as preventive maintenance. I had read where others had experienced a caster bushing failure and didn't want to take a risk of it happening mid summer.

I have a set of prothane poly bushings here. The caster bushing on these is completely different and looks much stouter-however I don't know what it will do.

Others have used the Moog replacement caster bushing sucessfully-use that if you're looking for a replacement.

Also from what I can tell the bushings have been shot for a while which might explain some ( not all) of my car's nasty behavior over bumps and dead feeling in slaloms. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rant2.gif) GRRRR.

[sgarnett]

My ES's were so obliterated that I had damaged done to my LCA's.

Sean if you want you can just throw in the moog and see what happens to my guinea pig with prothanes since they're already on my car.

I'd go ahead and replace the camber bushing with prothanes-nothing wrong with poly there.

Well, at least I don't have to ruin my brand new Moog caster bushings just to salvage new shells, or try to get the old ones back in tight enough. Apparently the Prothane caster bushing doesn't use the shell, unless I'm very confused (the other locations do).

The lower half of the Prothane caster bushing looks fine. I'm a little skeptical of the upper half, which doesn't really fit/engage as positively as I expected. It does need to be able to flex though, so maybe .... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

They look easy to install, though, so it should only take a few extra minutes to test fit them on the car before deciding. I'm already way behind anyway (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)