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Old 11-03-2006, 04:22 PM   #15
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The "bind" has nothing to do with how tight the bolts are. They bind when the body starts to roll in a corner, causing the front axis (bolt) of the LCA to no longer be parallel with the rear axis (bolt). The stock rubber bushings have a hollow at the top and the bottom, to prevent that from happening.... the bushing allows the front bolt to rotate relative to the rear bolt. Solid/hard poly bushings will screw up the handling if you want the ultimate cornering capabilities. For straight-line traction, bind is not an issue.

The options for preventing the bind are spherical rod ends on both ends (noisy/harsh), poly on the body end/spherical rod end on the axle end (reduces noise, keeps it away from the body), or rubber body end/poly axle end (no noise/not harsh).
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