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Hi has anyone removed the radius arms and re bushed them . Are they difficult to get rubber bushes in them, mine are plastic by the look of them. thanks
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There was a thread on this recently. I think you need a special tool and a press to get them in.
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Correct, or a few jubilee clips. I did it once and it was a struggle I fitted poly bushes the next time, much easier and to be honest only fitted to the axle ends I never noticed any difference in the ride.
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Thanks ,I have done some searching and have found the information that I need.I will order the parts and make the tool thanks again
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You can use a G clamp and some jubilee clips to "feed" the bush in..
A vice is even better.
A vice is even better.
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And only do one side at a time else the axle moves and can be a pain to get it lined up again!
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I bought a tool advertised for all bushes but only worked on the rear ones.
When I complained they told me that I was right
Still advertised as doing them all
When I complained they told me that I was right
Still advertised as doing them all
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This was a major tool company
One of the big guys
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Post up the kit with a warning so no-one else is fleeced.
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+1. I made the press tooling and used my garage press, fairly straight forwards job. But as Ant says only do one side at a time. A reciprocating saw maybe needed for the old bolts. Use proper bushes not the toy ones.
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I found an SDS/ air chisel was the most effective solution for the bolts - don't cut the ends, just undo the nuts half way - put the chisel in the recess on the end of the bolt and squirt. (I was having to remove polybushes, so there is almost zero ability to release the bolt from the core of the bush by turning the bolt).
For the bushes I bought 3 at first - LR, Bearmach and a cheapo one to do a physical comparison - the cheapo one was done to different tolerances to the other two and slightly different colours - so I assume made somewhere different. The Bearmach one looked identical to LR, even down to the moulding marks and I went with those.
For the bushes I bought 3 at first - LR, Bearmach and a cheapo one to do a physical comparison - the cheapo one was done to different tolerances to the other two and slightly different colours - so I assume made somewhere different. The Bearmach one looked identical to LR, even down to the moulding marks and I went with those.
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From memory that depends on which way the bolts have been put in. I used a reciprocating saw cutting close up to the bushes. With a properly seized bolt using an impact gun will damage the attachment. If you were replacing toy bushes it is obvious they had been out before, so nothing like as seized as some can be.
I can assure you they were well frozen in, I had spent hours on them before I could get access to an air chisel which took a few minutes. With the reciprocating saw - you cut laterally with a fine toothed end at both sides of the bush? That works with oem, but would have been a challenge on poly's as they stick out at both ends (PO- edit: sorry OP -has polys fitted), and the bushes then melt and stick to any cutting tools. Since poly's aren't compressed like OEM the inside of the radius arms corrodes badly
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Good reason not to fit toy bushes then. Quite easy with a reciprocating saw, have you never heard of lubricant? I take it you covered the new bolts and inner bush with Copaslip when you reassembled them. It's a pity Land rover didn't think of that when they assembled them.
OP has poly's btw. You'll be more competent with a reciprocating saw than me, i don't have one. I'm just saying what did/ didn't work for me, when removing poly's (that I didn't fit in the first place). RR.pub also had a fitting day for radius arms that ended up concluding the same. Naturally I used copaslip
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Sorry i don't need to read how to to change bushes or even watch Youtube vids how to do things either. I have changed lots of them since i started serving my time aged 15, 59 years ago.
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