# for everyone with poly tc rod bushings **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [June 15, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157 "2004-06-15T14:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/1 "2004-06-15T14:57:57Z")
check this thread out [http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB21&Number=67364945&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1](http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB21&Number=67364945&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1) i havent noticed too much binding but that may be because my car isnt lowered. What about you lowered guys have you noticed this? im planning to lower my car soon and i dont want to risk damaging my lca’s. is the only way to be safe by upgraded to some spherical tc rods? ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/2 "2004-06-15T18:27:10Z")
My car is lowerd about 4" and I have whiteline swaybars so far so good… ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/3 "2004-06-16T08:27:34Z")
no its not the sway bars its the tc rod that cracks the lca because there is less give in the whiteline bushing ---
**Author:** ![prodigy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@prodigy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prodigy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/4 "2004-06-16T09:58:19Z")
So get stronger control arms with camber adjustability and kill two birds with one stone. This is all part of building up a car, things need to be modified and changed in order to handle the other modifications that you make (eg. stiff suspension requires greater chassis bracing). It’s all part of the game. ---
**Author:** ![lercs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@lercs](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lercs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/5 "2004-06-18T08:47:55Z")
how is it a poor design? it works well with a non lowered car(which it was obviously designed for) it just isnt for lowered cars, so it isnt a bad design, just one that wont in modified cars ---
**Author:** ![prodigy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@prodigy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prodigy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/6 "2004-06-18T15:13:12Z")
> [@FrEaK](#): > > [quote=prodigy]So get stronger control arms with camber adjustability and kill two birds with one stone. This is all part of building up a car, things need to be modified and changed in order to handle the other modifications that you make (eg. stiff suspension requires greater chassis bracing). It’s all part of the game. No, it’s a poor design of the TC bushing… He shouldn’t need to build up supporting structures becauase he put in a poly bushing… Explain how a pillowball TC rod which is deemed more race oriented does not have the same problem even though it’s a better part?[/quote] Last I checked the 240sx doesn’t come with pillowball or hyme bushings, so installing them would be a modification now wouldn’t it? I’m not sure how well it might apply to a _lowered car_, but I know that when the 4x4 guys _lift_ vehicles, they move the tie rods up by either raising the brackets or using spacers. I wonder how feasible it would be to _lower_ the pivot point of the tie rods using the same theories in reverse, to prevent binding of the steering linkages. ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/7 "2004-06-18T15:29:44Z")
i would say they are poorly designed. the bushings are made by whiteline who also makes a set of lowering springs as well as height adjustable coil overs, so why would you make a product that doesnt work properly with your other products? thats just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-everyone-with-poly-tc-rod-bushings/81157/8 "2004-06-18T16:43:37Z")
As far as I know, this was mainly an S14 thing, however I could be wrong. I haven’t looked too much into it so don’t take my word for it. One option is, if you have a welder, you can box the control arm (weld a plate in the open part), however, control arms are made the way they are because in case of an accident, these arms will bend/break thus taking absorbing away some of the energy. Honestly, I wouldn’t worry too much about this. Worst case scenario: the arms break and you replace them.