Caster Arm/tension Rods - Spherical Or Big Rubber Bush?

[Neil]

We can type all sorts of stuff but the fact remains that almost no one lifes their parts,,,especially suspension. It's bolt it up and forget about it till a failure. Dan you track your car and smashing ripple strips is always going to shorten there life.

Now a couple of guys say the hardrace stuff is the go,,,maybe they are right maybe they are wrong,,, not even hardrace know,,, hence their warranty policy and they don't look that much different to my chinese ones. Please don't think for one moment I am bagging there product. I am NOT,,,but certainly gives you an indication of what to expect.

Warranty

Hardrace Harden Rubber Bush

All Hardrace Hardern Rubber Bushings are covered under a "no fuss" replacement warranty for 3 years.

- Warranty claims will only be vaild from Hardrace Australia and its Approved Dealers, found under "Australian Dealers".

- Correct installation must be carried out by a licenced mechanical workshop.

- An original receipt of the Hardrace item, a labor-installation invoice and clear photos of the failed bush must be supplied at an event of a warranty claim.

- All extra charges and cost such as delivery, re-installation, wheel alignment, etc will be the responibilty of the customer.

Hardrace Spherical Bearing

All Hardrace Spherical Bearings are covered under the discretion of the Hardrace Australia and its Gentleman's Racer replacement warranty for 12months.

- Warranty claims will only be vaild from Hardrace Australia and its Approved Dealers, found under "Australian Dealers".

- Correct installation must be carried out by a licenced mechanical workshop.

- An original receipt of the Hardrace item, a labor-installation invoice and clear photos of the failed bush must be supplied at an event of a warranty claim.

- All extra charges and cost such as delivery, re-installation, wheel alignment, etc will be the responibilty of the customer

Cheers

Neil.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

I have hardrace too, I installed a set of GKtech ones on my mate's S15 and the thread had heaps of tolerance, horrible imo.

[warps]

We can type all sorts of stuff but the fact remains that almost no one lifes their parts,,,especially suspension. It's bolt it up and forget about it till a failure. Dan you track your car and smashing ripple strips is always going to shorten there life.

Dunno about tarmac, but gravel guys definitely do life components, mainly based on failure history. Two of my own personal examples; rear trailing arms in EG / EK Civics crack after a while. Welding them up lengthens their life, but you still need to plan to replace them. Axles in early rotaries were the same. The 24 spline stuff would twist - not a matter of "if", rather "when". Most guys running spherical bearing strut tops plan to replace them regularly, because the sub-optimal design causes them to flog out prematurely, no matter how expensive.

Where I have no history to go on, I crack test. If you're bolting something unproven into a race or rally car, you need to plan to inspect it regularly (whether that be after each event, 3 events, 12 events, whatever). If inspection is difficult, or inconclusive, plan to replace it periodically.

[No Crust Racing]

I've bought Roys cusco arms, r32 lca's and Nagisa RCA's

the question now is the rear.

What's the best option for the back? Was going to get solid subframe bushes as they apparently raise the subframe up and help fix Roll Centre in the rear (GKTech kit or something similar). It was suggested I go S14 rear subframe as it apparently has better geometry. that apparently means adding some spacers to rear toe arms as the mount on the S14 subframe is wider, but apparently everything else is the same, which is odd as I thought the S14 subframe was wider by 10mm each side or something, which would mean swaybar doesn't fit?

Thoughts? Just add subframe bushes or worth swapping subframes? I was looking at Skyline rear calipers also, ditching drum handbrake and buying inline hydro handbrake or not running one at all.

If the S14 frame is wider, that means needing spacers up front.

[Neil]

I only have one question at this stage,,,is the car a track only car or a track/street car???.

Cheers

Neil.

[No Crust Racing]

100% track.