Polyurethane Energy bushing vs moog bushings

did you grease yours properly and with the proper grease? had an offroad shop known for its products tell me to use a particular grease that was not petroluem based silicone or synthetic

 

go with the moog I have a set of energy poly sitting in the garage that tried to install but to put them on u must burn the rubber out of the old bushings or they dont fit the need the sleeve to fit right. plus poly doesnt flex as well offroad and squeaks uless u lube often. I have poly on the rear spring bushings and they are very noisy if i dont lube every 6 mos or so. I have a new set of poly bushing u can have for $40 if u wanna go that route. brand new in the box

 

There's no such thing as too much grease. Smear that crap everywhere. Just wipe off the excess after install... Use the grease that comes with the bushings, though...

 

Not true (bolded). Poly/urethane flexes better than rubber. The poly bushings don't even "flex", they actually slide inside the sleeves, the rubber just twists and can limit travel based on how much the rubber can deform and twist.

You have to burn the old ones out no matter what you replace them with.

 

No squeeks so far with mine. My truck is COMPLETELY poly. It really makes the steering more responsive. If you can use more grease with them or add a zerk or greasable bolt with them and use green grease or lubrathane they really ride nice. The added vibration is hardly noticeable. Mine dissapeared when I swapped my hard body mounts for the softer (hard to believe, I know) poly.

Worth the money. Use lots of grease. I burned mine out. You can also press them out.

 

What about sway bar bushings? I have some ES sway bar frame mount bushings but never put them on the 05. Will put them on the 08 at some point....just because I have them.

 

if you have them, might as well throw them on... Sway bar bushings aren't high on my list, but if I see them starting to crack, I'll probably throw poly ones on. ES bushings are pretty cheap, too. just about the same price as OEM rubber ones, IIRC.

 

right now as it sits i have a set of poly and a set of moog rubber heavy duty. the alignment cams dont fit as well in the poly ones

 

got my new alignment cams today and after comparing the ES to the moog and the fit with the alignment cam i think im going with moog. the ES doesnt support the cam on one end and the metal sleeve and washer that came with the kit do not fit the alignment cam either

 

Haven't used Moog for this job. But I have used them a lot before and have found their products to be top quality. Im sure their bushings in this case will also be good stuff.

Good luck on the install. And try not to drop the F bomb too often. Also remember to look away before bashing shit with a hammer. The amount of shit that has fallin in to my eyes working under the truck is crazy

 

ive always had good luck with moog so i really think thats the route im going plus i dnt do offroading at off the most offroad the truck sees is the occasional path going hunting

 

installed moog bushings today decided im going to take the polys back just didnt like there design also installed inner tie rod ends along with new alignment cams also installed outter tie rod ends about 2 weeks ago all of said parts are moog except alignment cams had to get them from toyota took about 7 or 8 hours but its done time for alignment tomorrow.

 

Bump- how are you like the Moogs? I thin Poly would be easier to install, but I want the NVH reduction rubber gives.

 

Hey guys were are you buying your poly bushings from? I haven't had much success finding any online.

 

I just did Moog bushings in my lowers. They were $13 a pair from rock auto. I do not remember a part #. They were a workout to remove. I would torched em but I didn't want the smoke.

I wound up drilling out the rubber and slicing the remaining shell with a sawzall and the driving the remaining bushing shell out with an air chisel.

They new moogs slid right it with a threaded rod and sockets/washers like a screw press.

Rubber for me. I've seen urethane come parts fall apart.

 

That's what she said!

 

I have been using Poly bushings in my front and rear suspension parts for a while now and they have been pretty solid and very minimal squeeking. Only thing I recommend is to avoid them for replacing body mounts because it makes the ride inside very harsh.

 

This thread has saved me so much time. Thank you to everyone that contributed.

 

Does anybody know if Energy Suspension sells a kit just for the lower control arm? I have aftermarket control arms so I don't need them for the top.