right, but they contain their own metal bushing, right?
I just can't see how this can possibly be true, unless there had been sitting out in the sun for months or something.
short of dry-rot, there is no way that brand new bushings would disintegrate tot he point of being completely gone from the vehicle, in what, 2, 3 weeks?
I don't mean to insult you, if you personally did all the work ... but I've got to believe that somebody "forgot"