I just drove my Lark 130 miles home yesterday from the shop that put Delrin bushings up front and converted the car to silicone brake fluid. It's a shop that has experience in Studebakers among other makes.
In '89 I had a former Stude dealer shop rebuild the front-end (king pins, center pivot, control arm bushings, etc.). The car has been making squishing and squeaking noises at low speeds and when climbing in and out of the car for a few years, hence I decided to have Delrin bushings put in this time.
About twenty miles into interstate driving yesterday, the car began to vibrate. I let off the gas a bit and the vibration became more severe. The wheel was vibrating quite a bit. I hate to think about it, but this is pretty much what it felt like in '89 when it needed the whole front end rebuilt (although not quite as bad). After two or three thirty-second examples of this vibration, it quit. The remainder of the sixty or more miles home, mostly on interstate but also with some stop-and-go, it was as smooth as silk.
Any ideas?
Would putting in Delrin bushings lay bare worn-out f/e components, that didn't vibrate before?
Thanks, as always.
Bill Pressler
'63 Lark Daytona Skytop R1
In '89 I had a former Stude dealer shop rebuild the front-end (king pins, center pivot, control arm bushings, etc.). The car has been making squishing and squeaking noises at low speeds and when climbing in and out of the car for a few years, hence I decided to have Delrin bushings put in this time.
About twenty miles into interstate driving yesterday, the car began to vibrate. I let off the gas a bit and the vibration became more severe. The wheel was vibrating quite a bit. I hate to think about it, but this is pretty much what it felt like in '89 when it needed the whole front end rebuilt (although not quite as bad). After two or three thirty-second examples of this vibration, it quit. The remainder of the sixty or more miles home, mostly on interstate but also with some stop-and-go, it was as smooth as silk.
Any ideas?
Would putting in Delrin bushings lay bare worn-out f/e components, that didn't vibrate before?
Thanks, as always.
Bill Pressler
'63 Lark Daytona Skytop R1
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