I had replaced the plastic bushings with a wet bolt kit. The bushings supplied appear to be oilite material. Oilite has a granular structure and will break easily. The photos are of bushings with a...
Well, see, this is autumn. So you left your spring bushings in too long. You need to put in some fall bushings for now, and reinstall spring bushings in late March. :D
Thanks for posting that. I would have thought oilite bushings to be good for the application, so you may have saved me some trouble down the road. Guess I'll stay with other types.