bustersbus
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Nae wurriesaaaaye man thatd be sound. maybe let u have a run in it somewhere offroad so you can try and feel the knocking im talking about and get some idea.
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Tank
Nae wurriesaaaaye man thatd be sound. maybe let u have a run in it somewhere offroad so you can try and feel the knocking im talking about and get some idea.
cheers
Tank
The radius arms (hockey sticks) have two bushes each where they bolt to the axles plus a single doughnut type bush where they bolt to the chassis. When they wear out the movement is side to side which causes the knocking. If you put a bar between the axle and the radius arm you might be able to see the movement. The bushes can look perfectly OK but still cause problems. I had the same kind of knocking, changed every bush for Poly bushes excepting the anti roll bar bushes (cos they had sold out of them), guess which ones were shagged? Took the ARB off and knocking vanished.ah right, aye ive been under there with a bar and moved them about and they move back into place as if the bushes are still supporting them. And yeah they dont move by hand. The A-frame ball joint or whatever it is seems to be pretty solid aswell. Are there bushes at the front end of the..?..hockey stick?? where it fixes to the front axle?
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The radius arms (hockey sticks) have two bushes each where they bolt to the axles plus a single doughnut type bush where they bolt to the chassis. When they wear out the movement is side to side which causes the knocking. If you put a bar between the axle and the radius arm you might be able to see the movement. The bushes can look perfectly OK but still cause problems. I had the same kind of knocking, changed every bush for Poly bushes excepting the anti roll bar bushes (cos they had sold out of them), guess which ones were shagged? Took the ARB off and knocking vanished.
I took it off to confirm the cause of the knocking and until I could get some new bushes and drop links. It's back on now and it's all painted and shiny to boot.That's an innovative approach Shifty! If it's making a knocking sound just take it off! How's the handling without it...
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I took it off to confirm the cause of the knocking and until I could get some new bushes and drop links. It's back on now and it's all painted and shiny to boot.
Early Defenders and some later TD5s for export were not fitted with ARBs but had all the mount points on the chassis and axle so to my mind its no big deal.
The handling seemed no different to me even when cornering at speed but as my TD5 is a CSW with seven seats I'm sure it would have an effect when fully loaded.
No arguments here - just lively discussions. :argue:sorry to interupt your argument haha, but aye i know what ur sayin shifty. i'll have a closer look at the bushes. so all in all its not really anything drastic? its off to the garage soon so hopefully they'l say the same. i'll let youze know how it goes.
cheers fokes, be in touch
Tank