Thread: front radius arms and bushes

Bushes only. Easy if you have a 20 ton press and the press tool.

Otherwise take the arms off and take to an LR specialist.

When I did my '87 RR I took one arm off at a time, and had the bushes done, refitted the arm, then did the other. I left the suspension all sitting there and the car sitting on chassis stands.

Replace the bushes at the rear of the arm at the same time.

I'm doing the P38A bushes next week. I turned up the press tool on Friday.

Just the bushes, only things that wear incorrectly are generally, Panhard rod, they wear the bolts, the bolt holes AND the hollows in the rod itself occasionally and rear trailing arms, which wear the bolts (diff end) and the holes flog

Id do the bushes and the bolts usually the axle mounts dont go out but if they do My usual trick is to weld a pair of 1/16th inch thick washers on either side of the elongated holes, buid up some weld metal on the inside of the elongation then very very carefully die grind and file the hole back to round, leave the washers in place weld them on permanantly and fit bolts that are about 1/4 inch longer than the originals.

If you already have this mod, dont do it again.

you will need a good press and a tool to insert them so that you do not push on the centre piece

at the time of doing mine i didnt access to a press so i pick up some exchange ones from m r. nice and easy for me as they are just over the bridge

The bushes are easy to change, but as others say you will need a press.

If you jack the vehicle up on the chassis rails, remove the front prop and drop the track rod arm ball joint out you can take both radius arms out at once and get the movement you need over the springs/dampers easily.

Id always recommend using genuine LR bushes though (or OE ones), non of the cheap crap pattern ones - they dont last 5 minutes.


If you havent got access to a press then you can use Polybushes - some people love'm, others hate them. I dont have a strong opinion either way, only that original are cheaper, last long enough and are easily sourced to replace when your away...

I don't remember dropping the propshaft nor the trackrod when I did mine.

Or did I do the rear trailing arms ....?

No, I did front and rear.

drop track rod and use superpro poly bushes, its the way of the future

cheers phil

Originally Posted by discowhite

drop track rod and use superpro poly bushes, its the way of the future

cheers phil

*cough* I just ordered a set today, I'll "test" them *cough*