Thread: LOWER BALL JOINT ISSUES

What colour were the bushes? Red?

Poms had a few isues with ride and one with them sticking.
Maybe the newer ones are better.

Interesting to know how yours go longer term. Mine will no doubt need doing again.

Originally Posted by Preacher

I think the poly bushes
the ride is great - no difference EXCEPT no clunking

What? No clunking? Its been a feature of my D4 since the day I drove it home!

Superpro bushes are made here in Brisbane (at least they used to be, they could of course be overseas now) and are a division of Fulcrum Suspension. They are very good quality bushes so it will be interesting to see how they go. They are usually blue rather than red. I have a set in the leaf springs of one of my S3 and they are so far going well.

TimJ.

Sounds like it may be better than Polly bushes red ones.

I would question the wisdom of using any polyurethane bush in the lower suspension arms of a D3 or 4. It is a personal preference, but I don't even like urethane in the leading arms of Patrols or Cruisers, and that is regardless of brand. Unless the manufacturer can provide you with data on the duro of their bush compared to another, don't read too much into the colour of the bush. Urethane is pretty much urethane. IMHO

Not reading anything into the colour except it is a different manufacturer from Poly Bushes.

In Toyota's & Nissan's if you wanted maximum wheel travel then the original rubber bushes where the way to go. The downside is that they chew out quite fast. The Poly bushes far out last the rubber ones but have less flex and a firmer ride. The D3/4 does not have a great amount of wheel travel anyway and the bushes are subjected to alot less twist than the Toyota's & Nissans because the control arms swing on a D3/4 while the radius arms swing and rotate on the Jap vehicles.
The poly bushes may in fact be fine for the D3/4 except for a firmer ride, this could be worth the trade off for a much longer service life.

Originally Posted by Graeme

What? No clunking? Its been a feature of my D4 since the day I drove it home!

Hi Graeme,
My D4 rattled and clunked, most noticable on dirt roads,from new.
Dealer finally changed ball joints and all is good now,but when they did ball joints, found that the left shocky assy was really stiff and hard, so replaced that as well.

One tick for Pacific LR,

Especially since I'd done the GRR and Gregory NP prior.



Cheers Ken