Kevin,
I'm not arguing with you, and am in agreement with what you say, but I
will also point out that I know for sure GM replaced many an A-arm
for that bushing flaw. I don't think it was until 2003 that they changed
the bushing material to something which will hopefully correct this.
Not to say that GM didn't deny anyone's claim, but I don't know of any
cases where that happened for that particular problem.
Scott
2001 Z06, SS#71
Kevin Stevens wrote:
> > I also know that racing tires will put much more force/stress into the
> > suspension than will street tires.
>
> All autocross below prepared level is done on street tires, by rule.
> You can argue all you want about how sticky they are or aren't, but
> they have DOT stamped on the side and they are legal street tires.
>
> 1999 (and other, don't know if they ever fixed them) Corvettes would
> pull the bushings out of the front control arms and cause them to grind
> against the front crossmember under heavy braking. They'll do this on
> stock tires with perfectly legal street use. They'll certainly do it
> on DOT autox compounds as well. But when GM denies coverage, they're
> not "protecting themselves", they're taking advantage of a loophole to
> avoid responsibility for a design flaw.
>
> I think there's a clear distinction between that claim and someone who,
> say, goes in with a spun crank bearing after running a raised rev
> limiter.
>
> KeS
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