The Red October

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I don't hear the dreaded creaking, but the front end does seem to feel a little loose when I hit bumps at medium speeds, like 20 to 40 mph... Both side have this crack.

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and separates the inner sleeve entirely from the rubber. Yours appears to suffer a little separation where it's vulcanized/bonded to the bolt sleeve at the point where the rubber is at it's thinnest. If you replace these every time they look like this you'll be replacing them bi-yearly.

Additionally, cracked/separated bushings wont emulate the creaking sound we've all come to know &amp; love as they're not under extreme pressure nor does rubber-to-rubber facilitate "squeaking." A dull 'thunk' maybe on sudden/abrupt changes in steering direction if they let go entirely but no squeaking as in a dried out metal-to-metal ball joint. Rubber is an excellent insulator and sound deadener... great at dampening squeaks, not transmitting them.