rewmer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2010

• #1

I am in the process of making up a tool for pressing in the radius arm bushes on my p38 and it would be realy handy to know what size the hole for the bush is in the arm before I strip them down. Anyone know or got one laying around they could measure for me ?

 

47p2

New Member

• Nov 1, 2010

• #2

Why bother making a tool, just burn them out

 

rewmer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2010

• #3

Nice idea, but you can't burn the new ones in !

 

47p2

New Member

• Nov 1, 2010

• #4

They press in easily enough with a vice and a couple of spacers

 

rewmer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #5

Can I assume you haven't fitted genuine bushes to a p38 ?

 

47p2

New Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #6

You can assume that correctly but I have fitted plenty original bushes to classic Range Rovers over the years and never had a problem.

Pressing the new bushes in is the easiest part of the job, getting the rusted bolts out to remove the radius arm is the worst followed closely by removing the old bush from the arm

 

rewmer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #7

Then you won't be aware that on the p38 the bushes are bigger than the holes and need to be radially reduced in size before pressing into the arms.

 

47p2

New Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #8

From what I'm led to believe the set up of the radius arms of the Classic and the P38 are similar in that the bushes are pressed in.

The rubber bush has a metal sleeve covering the outside and easily presses into the radius arm

 

rewmer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #9

The rubber bush has a metal sleeve covering the outside and easily presses into the radius arm

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The new bushes have a plastic deformable outer shell. You need to trust me on this, I have one I'm front of me I also have the relevant section of rave specifying the need of a LR tool.

 

al-one-arm

Well-Known Member

• Nov 2, 2010

• #10

i too, have found out, that the p38 bushes are differant from the classic ones.i had to make a special tool to replace mine.i rolled some stainless steel into a cone, then welded down the seam, then cut the top off the cone to have the inside opening the same size (or slightly smaller) as the radius arm hole, then used various sockets and g clamps too insert the bushes