# Bushings **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, blazer\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491 "2011-01-03T23:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beebe716](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@beebe716](https://community.cartalk.com/u/beebe716)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/1 "2011-01-03T23:41:37Z")
is it ok to keep driving your vehicle - '98 chevy blazer - if the bushings are shot? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/2 "2011-01-03T23:47:38Z")
Is it one of the Texas Bushings? If so just keep driving. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/3 "2011-01-03T23:59:35Z")
I promise that Rod Knox’s reply makes perfect sense to me and gave me a chuckle. The problem with your question is that there are lots of different bushings on a vehicle. You’re going to need to get quite specific about which bushings. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/4 "2011-01-04T00:40:30Z")
Good stuff, Rod Knox. In all seriousness, which bushings are bad? That will determine if the vehicle is safe to drive. I can’t even think of any commonly failed bushings on that vehicle, although anything’s possible on a thirteen year old truck. ---
**Author:** ![beebe716](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@beebe716](https://community.cartalk.com/u/beebe716)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/5 "2011-01-04T00:52:53Z")
hehehe ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/6 "2011-01-04T01:13:05Z")
The bushings for the door hindge pins fail quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/7 "2011-01-04T03:08:17Z")
Very true. I was thinking of chassis bushings. Worn hinge pin bushings should be replaced for sanity reasons, if nothing else. I couldn’t deal with sagging doors on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/8 "2011-01-04T14:57:49Z")
That’s The Only Thing That’s Shot On A 12 Or 13 Year-Old Blazer, Just Some Bushings ? CSA ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bushings/59491/9 "2011-01-04T15:48:38Z")
This is what comes with being “the original SUV”.