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Spherical bearing? (right term?) and delrin for stock ARM

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Duane Black

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I've read of people using spherical bearings in the stock arm but the threads were dated and I couldn't find links to exact items used.... so I thought I'd ask.

I have polyurethane bushings on my stock A-Arms. An advantage I saw of hte BMR stuff was the spherical and delrin stuff to give the car a better feel through the front wheel and less "play" when you make inputs.

Do delrin bushings or spherical end links exist to install in the stock A-Arms? If so, where do you get them?
 

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I've read of people using spherical bearings in the stock arm but the threads were dated and I couldn't find links to exact items used.... so I thought I'd ask.

I have polyurethane bushings on my stock A-Arms. An advantage I saw of hte BMR stuff was the spherical and delrin stuff to give the car a better feel through the front wheel and less "play" when you make inputs.

Do delrin bushings or spherical end links exist to install in the stock A-Arms? If so, where do you get them?
Delrin's are available thru Ford Racing, these are normally used with the Ford Racing LCA which uses a Howe ball joint, the ball joint is "taller" than stock.
You would have to modify the LCA if you want to run spherical joints.
 
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Global West sells a Del-Aluminum bushing /bearing kit. They say it is for drag racing on the website, but if you watch the video, they say both drag and road racing. Global West makes really high quality stuff. From what I see of their kit, the rear bushing is a lot better solution than the Poly pushing included in Fords $600+ "delrin" kit (only the front is actually delrin).

 
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No, the Ford Performance kit has always retailed for 600+ and only the front busing is actually delrin. Its why I thing the Global West is a better choice - its $298 with with a Del-aluminum rear bushing (thick aluminum outer housing with a delrin insert). I am assuming the OP kept his OEM control arms and has the OEM rear bushing (or at least the bracket) somewhere.
 

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No, the Ford Performance kit has always retailed for 600+ and only the front busing is actually delrin. Its why I thing the Global West is a better choice - its $298 with with a Del-aluminum rear bushing (thick aluminum outer housing with a delrin insert). I am assuming the OP kept his OEM control arms and has the OEM rear bushing (or at least the bracket) somewhere.
Kohr Motorsports has it listed for $446 and American Muscle (not linking to it) has it for $500. That's more in line with what I've seen.
 
Nothing off the shelf that I found. I made some sphericals for the front and rear attachment points at the end of the our PWC run, and done a few sets on cars. I have been considering about having a bigger quantity made. Could be used either with FRPP Extended ball joint or OEM control arm.
 

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I was looking at the Whiteline bushings but could not get an answer if they will fit on the 10-14 Mustangs. Whiteline lists them as fitting 05-09. The vendor that listed them as fitting 05-14 hadn't actually installed them on a 10-14.
 

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I would had went with the Whiteline if I knew it would fit. I was going see if I could find a 2008 arm to compare it to the 2012 I have. No junkyards around here with any. The part#s are different but I would have thought the arms would be the same. So it goes.
 

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I would had went with the Whiteline if I knew it would fit. I was going see if I could find a 2008 arm to compare it to the 2012 I have. No junkyards around here with any. The part#s are different but I would have thought the arms would be the same. So it goes.
I think all that changed was the ball joint, from an 18 to a 19mm.
 

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