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Old 01-15-2006, 07:44 PM   #1
greg0380
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new rubber. relatively cheap investment

I can't believe how installing new rubber bushings every where I could find on my truck, like upper and lower control arms and finally getting rid of the poly cabmounts could improve ride quiality. I had replaced the stock cab mounts with the polys 7 years ago (cab was drooping). I guess the retainers had rusted out so the bolts were really loose. For years when ever i went over a bump, the truck just didn't feel solid. So i wrote it off as being old. but man, after getting new retainers and tightening up the bolts, what a freaking difference. There is probably no point to this thread other than if you have any experiences like this, I really like to hear about it. I love to hear about things I am missing to make my 20 year old truck drive like new...
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