I tried out these Bones HC bushies (medium) in an attempt to avoid catching wheelbite so often on my Thunders without having to stack risers.
Were they nice & broken in feeling from the jump? Yup.
Did they help w/ the wheelbite issue? Naw. Not one bit.
I wanted to believe though, because I thought I could fidget my way out of a feature inherent to the Thunder geometry. After the 1st set blew out, I bought another couple, still thinking I might be able to tweak the ride by messing around with washers, etc.
Still nada, and the 2nd set blew out even quicker. Plus, they’d “herniate” or blow out, and slip past the lip on the hanger’s yoke.
Somebody on the S&G board advised I go back to stock Thunder 90 du bushings, so I gave them a try & what do you fucking know?!?
I still get wheelbite, but every other one of the annoying traits that came w/ the Bones were eliminated.
Now I run my all of my aluminum stock, as it came from the manu, and have very few issues or complaints.
Also of note, unless the stack height of the Bones bottom bushing (deck side) is the same as your stock option, your gonna be messing with the trucks intended geometry. Sure, you can add washers underneath, or slice some off the top of that bottom bush (NOT the end of the bushing you should trim, BTW,) but unless you keep that geo as designed, it’s not unreasonable for your truck to perform differently (maybe a good thing, maybe not) or to suffer undue wear & strain to the pivot cup & housing, hanger pivot, kingpin, etc.
My 7.42¢ worth (after adjusting for inflation.)