How to Use bushing in a Sentence

bushing

noun
  • Ball bearing wheels are easier to push than those with bushing-type wheels.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022
  • Like the front end, all bushings and pivots are polyurethane, and the shocks are Konis.
    Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
  • Owing to its urethane bushings, the ride is not quiet, either.
    Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ford plans to replace the bushing and add a protective cap for free, the documents say.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • Ford says a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can fall off.
    Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • Look for broken bushings that activate pop-up headlights or hold metal fuel lines to the firewall.
    Matt Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission may degrade or detach.
    Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022
  • The company will replace the rear axle bolt and subframe bushing and will also inspect the rear axle cover for damage.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Chassis maintenance includes new ball joints and tie-rod ends plus fresh bushings for the lower control arms, sway bar, and tension rod.
    Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 May 2019
  • The Polarizer keeps that old-school style but uses modern wheels, bearings and bushings.
    Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • New bushings help improve ride and quicken response time, all resulting in a nimble, comfortable sedan.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Dealers will replace a bushing (which is a cushion made of rubber or other rubber-like material) and the rear axle bolt.
    CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The company projects seven out of 100 bushings will need replacement.
    Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The rear left and/or right brake caliper assemblies may be missing an internal bushing, allowing the O-ring seal to move and brake fluid to leak.
    Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2021
  • The company said Thursday that a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can degrade or fall off.
    Chron, 27 May 2021
  • In the filing, Ford said its dealers will replace the under-hood shift bushing and add a protective cap over the shift cable bushing, free of charge.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2022
  • The potential engine failure is caused by the seizure of the #5 metal crankshaft bushing, according to the recall report.
    James Powel, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Suspension elements were enhanced by thicker trailing arms and bushings for ride compliance and to handle heavier loads.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • As a result, small wheel movements that were lost in the bushings before reaching the shock absorbers on the C4 are fully damped on the C5.
    Jim Frenak, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The project will replace seals, low side bushings, protective devices and conservator bladders in the transformers.
    D. Hunter Reardon, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • Additionally, the control arm bushings are showing cracks, also a major issue.
    Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Its body has 40 more yet-to-be-revealed strengthening points than the standard Ioniq 5 and specific bushing tolerances.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 22 June 2023
  • The deck comes in six fun designs, while the 125-inch aluminum alloy trucks with carbon steel kingpins and high rebound polyurethane bushings ensure safety and durability.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
  • For example, the bushings, which are upward-extending arms that connect the transformer to power lines, must be built in a particular position to intercept the lines.
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Each division was able to fiddle with spring and shock-absorber rates, antiroll bars, bushings, and steering ratios, and to install its own engine and torque-converter calibrations.
    David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Anybody can point a car toward the horizon and hit the gas—being brave and creative enough to replace a trailing arm bushing with cargo straps to escape the Saudi desert is on another level.
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The suspension uses ball joints instead of conventional bearings with bushings and is fully adjustable for things like camber and caster that most people only ever mess with in Forza.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Here is an area where the engineering team focused on dynamics more than isolation, removing the rubber bushing that isolated the steering column to enhance steering feel.
    Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
  • Some of that feedback can be attributed to the aforementioned adaptive dampers and the stiffening of other primary suspension components, from the mounting points to the anti-roll bars to the springs and bushings.
    Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 29 May 2017
  • After realizing that Britton was choking on a bushing (the metal part of the fidget spinner, which is about the size of a quarter), Kelly took Britton to urgent care.
    Elizabeth Narins, Seventeen, 19 May 2017

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