The Bear Bushings are specifically designed for use between the hanger and the baseplate. These bushings offer a soft gushy turn with lots of return to center without any slop. The soft ride is achieved by the fat barrel shape that allows the pivot cup of the hanger to lean directly into the bushing, only compressing the part of the bushing that it has contact with.The return is generated in a similar fashion, because the bushing is so wide the hanger has to fight the bushing to compress it and because there is so much urethane under the hanger it is easily forced back to center when the rider is not trying to turn the board.
Everything is kept in place and the precise turn comes from the stepped face of the bushing that sits directly in the bushing seat, keeping the bushing in place and guiding the hanger through the turn.