poly bushings on the slave cyl?

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  1. Joe Dirt

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    Well today i had a lil problem with the power steering slave cylinder bushings on my 74.Luckily I was close to work and had some old shock rubbers that worked.My question I guess is since the shock bushings i had would work same bushing it looked like? Why couldnt I use a set that are poly? any body got any thoughts on this?
     
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    when i mean bushings im meaning the rubbers that sandwich the drop bracket
     
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    It's worth a try, but you'd need some travel up and down, and maybe poly is too hard? I ripped a drop bracket out of the frame rail on my 74 years ago, and they were just rubber.
     
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    they may make the ram to responsive. it might need that give of the rubber to dampen its inital boost. try it and post the feed back.
     

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