Dorman 924-043 or 924-045 for rear submounts 98 lesabre

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I'm looking for rear sub bushings for 98 lesabre. One YouTube vid a guy said the rears are same as fronts. Others say different rears are different.
GM dealer said rear sub bushings were discontinued. However I think 1997 Bonneville,Pontiacs, are dorman 924-045.coulndt I use those for my rears? The fronts are 924-043.

 

[Puhdantic]

Looking at Rockauto, the only subframe bushings I see listed for your year are 924-043. It does in fact state you can use them for both the front and rear.

 

[HankHill]

I would do anything I could to avoid using a dorman product, especially mounts, bushings, basically anything with rubber. Biggest POS I've ever used. I would even pay significant more for others.

 

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A mechanic helper looked a month ago.tear one rotted bad.he said,it's his professional opinion,Thier different sizes from front
My research,YouTube shows. Others have used the front ones in rear. So I started looking at other cars with same engine as 3800,hoping they have the same subframes too,hence Bonneville,Pontiac.

 

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Looking at Rockauto, the only subframe bushings I see listed for your year are 924-043. It does in fact state you can use them for both the front and rear.

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Where's it say for rear too?
Front has 4 . But where stated,for rear?

 

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The 924-045 are for Pontiac,bonniville rears .so made me think,I could maybe,put those on my 98 lesabre rear .same engine...

 

[Donald]

I would do anything I could to avoid using a dorman product, especially mounts, bushings, basically anything with rubber. Biggest POS I've ever used. I would even pay significant more for others.

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But OEM if Doorman is your only other choice.

 

[ziggy]

+1

But OEM if Doorman is your only other choice.

Thanks! I know .not a dorman fan either.but it's all that's easily available.

 

[ziggy]

Looking at Rockauto, the only subframe bushings I see listed for your year are 924-043. It does in fact state you can use them for both the front and rear.

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The upper position is inner one. Lower position is outtter bushing.
Rear one?

 

[HankHill]

Thanks! I know .not a dorman fan either.but it's all that's easily available.

I'm not kidding though, the subframe bushings on my car lasted less than a year before the rubber was permanently compressed and there was slop in the mount, causing a clunk. Had I not thrown out my originals I'd have reinstalled them. My only choice for the bushings was dorman, so I was screwed.

 

[zzyzzx]

Thanks! I know .not a dorman fan either.but it's all that's easily available.

Try mail order.

 

[zzyzzx]

I'm not kidding though, the subframe bushings on my car lasted less than a year before the rubber was permanently compressed and there was slop in the mount, causing a clunk. Had I not thrown out my originals I'd have reinstalled them. My only choice for the bushings was dorman, so I was screwed.

Are polyurethane mounts available?

I once bought polyurethane stuff because they were the only made in USA parts that I could find.

 

[HankHill]

Are polyurethane mounts available?

I once bought polyurethane stuff because they were the only made in USA parts that I could find.

I would get polyurethane for those mounts for sure if it was available.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Open the description. You will find OE part numbers to look up

 

[Puhdantic]

The upper position is inner one. Lower position is outtter bushing.
Rear one?

My apologies. Reading 'body position' made my mind snap to 'front' and 'back'.

I could only find front bushings on an oem site. Many were discontinued. Not looking so hot....

https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/parts-...ioning_audio_entertainment/body_mounting.html

 

[zzyzzx]

I would get polyurethane for those mounts for sure if it was available.

The hard part would be finding out of polyurethane stuff is available, but made for a different vehicle, but work fine on your vehicle. How I figured it out was in a forum. The manufacturer never tested their parts on my particular vehicle, so it wasn't listed, but parts interchanges and forum posts suggested that they would fit, and they did. And really I had an oil leak problem soaking the rubber parts to switching to polyurethane was a real benefit.

 

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Think I could use the 924 045 for the back 2 mounts?