Thread: front radius arms and bushes

Originally Posted by rick130

a tip.
Generously grease the pins and bushes at the chassis end of the radius arms. It lets them (and the arms) rotate relatively to the chassis, as the bushes can't distort at the diff end as Haultech ones do.
I just used copious amounts of a marine/calcium sulfonate grease, rather than the Super Pro stuff. It seems to have stayed in place OK.

It may work out acceptably in real life, but greasing bushes like this is not sound practice - the whole idea of elastic bushes is that flexing of the bushes takes the place of relative movement of surfaces. Adding grease ensures that movement takes place, and what is more, attracts and retains dust and grit, which becomes embedded in the softer surface (the polyurethane) and makes it into an effective grinding tool to remove metal from the chassis and pin. Greased sliding surfaces were acceptable in chassis linkages fifty years ago when provided with grease nipples that at least gave you a chance to push out the gritty grease at regular intervals, but it is worth noting that Landrovers have never come from the factory like this, even sixty years ago - either elastomeric bushes or sealed greased links.

John

Originally Posted by rick130

a tip.
Generously grease the pins and bushes at the chassis end of the radius arms. It lets them (and the arms) rotate relatively to the chassis, as the bushes can't distort at the diff end as Haultech ones do.
I just used copious amounts of a marine/calcium sulfonate grease, rather than the Super Pro stuff. It seems to have stayed in place OK.

I only ordered 4 for the diff-radius arms

The other bushes are new, just these were crap ones that flogged out

Fitted plenty to road rovers and they're fine, I did one trip in the bush and they're screwed