STABILIZER BUSHING
A stabilizer bushing wherein there is low friction resistance between the stabilizer bushing and a stabilizer bar, and a coating film is not prone to separation from a rubber elastic body. Stabilizer bushings include: a rubber elastic body that is made of a self-lubricating rubber containing an elastomer and a bleeding lubricant, that includes a holding hole that holds a stabilizer bar on a radial inner side, and that is shaped as a cylinder attached to a body of a vehicle by brackets, a coating film that covers an inner circumferential surface of the holding hole, that contains a resin having a mercapto group, and that is deformable to follow up deformation of the rubber elastic body; and a lubricating film that is formed on a surface of the coating film by the bleeding lubricant of the rubber elastic body penetrating the coating film and oozing onto the surface of the coating film, and that is in relative sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar.
1 . A stabilizer bushing, comprising:
a rubber elastic body that is made of a self-lubricating rubber containing an elastomer and a bleeding lubricant, that includes a holding hole that holds a stabilizer bar on a radial inner side, and that is shaped as a cylinder attached to a body of a vehicle by a bracket;
a coating film that covers an inner circumferential surface of the holding hole, that contains a resin having a mercapto group, and that is deformable to follow up deformation of the rubber elastic body; and
a lubricating film that is formed on a surface of the coating film by the bleeding lubricant of the rubber elastic body penetrating the coating film and oozing onto the surface of the coating film, and that is in relative sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar.
2 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 1 , wherein the coating film further contains a solid lubricant.
3 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 2 , wherein the solid lubricant is made of polytetrafluoroethylene.
4 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 3 , wherein the coating film contains 200 parts by mass or less of the solid lubricant per 100 parts by mass of the resin.
5 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is a silicone resin.
6 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 5 , wherein the silicone resin has a less dense cross-linked structure than a straight silicone resin and a modified product thereof, and has rubber elasticity.
7 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 2 , wherein the resin is a silicone resin.
8 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 3 , wherein the resin is a silicone resin.
9 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 4 , wherein the resin is a silicone resin.
10 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 7 , wherein the silicone resin has a less dense cross-linked structure than a straight silicone resin and a modified product thereof, and has rubber elasticity.
11 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 8 , wherein the silicone resin has a less dense cross-linked structure than a straight silicone resin and a modified product thereof, and has rubber elasticity.
12 . The stabilizer bushing according to claim 9 , wherein the silicone resin has a less dense cross-linked structure than a straight silicone resin and a modified product thereof, and has rubber elasticity.