Pedders Suspension Bushes

Suspension bushes play a critical role in car safety, ride comfort and handling. They are used to position and align suspension and steering components such as shock absorbers, sway bars, torsion bars and control arms.

All but the hardest bushes also help absorb road shocks and enhance comfort, while some are designed specifically to reduce noise, vibration and harshness or NVH.

As such, bushes must always be maintained in optimum condition. Worn bushes can cause rapid tyre wear, loose or pulling steering and can affect braking and safe handling.

To perform its intended role, a bush must be able to compress, but to a precise degree, and then return to its original position. If a bush is too hard, too soft, or damaged in any way, the ride, handling and safety of a vehicle is compromised.

Bushes are made from a number of different types of materials, including rubber, urethane and synthetic rubber compound. Each type is chosen for a particular application based on a number of characteristics, including its general performance, feel and response characteristics, noise and durability.

By upgrading original suspension bushes to superior aftermarket units designed for specific purposes, a vehicle’s general handling or its ability to perform in certain conditions can be dramatically improved.

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