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| | Product Group: | Car Torque |
| Product Category: | Urethane Bushing |
| Product Name: | Superpro - Bushes |
| Product Code: | Superpro |
| Short Description: | SuperPro bushing utilises a polyurethane elastomer based material and is in a class of its own for enhancing the ride and handling qualities of a vast range of vehicle. An Australian owned and manufactured product, the Superpro range covers both original equipment replacement ranges and alignment and handling solutions. |
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Why Super Pro?
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Super Pro is a unique suspension bushing material delivering outstanding performance benefits, the innovative design features create solutions for automotive chassis to
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- Constant steering geometry
- Increased tyre life
- Traction control
- More responsive steering
- Longer service life of suspension components
- Better on road handling
- Extra off road stability
- Alignment correction & stability
The Material
The Super Pro material is a polyurethane elastomer uniquely blended to give an extremely durable material with the best features of rubber and plastic. Super Pro bushings are not affected by ozone or petrochemicals and its mechanical properties creates the ideal material for automotive applications.
Super Pro bushings remain constant in their durometer ( hardness ), even under the most adverse conditions such as 4WD and off road racing.
The Smart Choice – Super Pro
Self Lubricating, Resilient, Alignment Stability, Long Life, Vast Range of Applications, Innovative Engineering and 28 years of experience in the suspension industry make Super Pro Bushings the obvious choice.
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BULLET GROOVES |
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When polyurethane is used to replace rubber in many suspension applications, it often has to accommodate large variances in tolerances.
Rubber is not a precision component and will compress or distort readily to allow fitment, which in turn creates binding of the bushings. This is one of the main reasons why SuperPro polyurethane is superior to rubber bushings, as they have a free pivoting point and not a torsion pivot like rubber. SuperPro had to develop a method of achieving the correct pre-loads while still accommodating a range of variances in sizes. Bullet grooves allow the bushings to flex and accept a much wider range of sizes while still maintaining free pivoting of the bushings.
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KNURLING |
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This is used on inside diameters of bushings to enable unrestricted pivoting of the poloyurethane bushing around the crush tube. The knurling has two inherent design advantages. The knurling reduces the surface area of polyurethane in contact with the crush tube. This reduction in surface area results in less frictional forces being developed. The SuperPro knurl bore keeps the lubricating grease intact for the life of the bushing, and eliminates the necessity for periodic re-greasing.
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THE DOUBLE HELIX |
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The double helix is used on the inside of the bushing. This design is primarily used on shackle bushings providing a region for grease to travel along. This allows the boundary layer of grease to form between the inside diameter of the bushing and the outside diameter of the tube. The double helix is extremely successful in greasable shackles as the grease can travel from the centre of the bushing, along the helix and out to the grease grooves in the head of the bushing.
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STEELWORK |
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The crush tubing is an integral component of the suspension bushing system and is necessary for free pivoting. The crush tubes are made to precision tolerances to ensure that the precise fits are maintained. All SuperPro tubes are made of STEEL & ZINC plated for corrosion protection and appearance. In some applications SuperPro incorporates end knurls and hardened tubes to provide positive location. As required SuperPro provides presion machined steel SHELLS to allow the installer to quickly and easily replace worn components.
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