Thread: D3 Control arm bushings liquid filled?

Heres two photos for amusement - the first is my 4 year old daughter pulling the bush around with a not very long bolt (she's pretty strong but ...seriously ... !) and the second is from the opposite side. This can be reproduced on car with a long screwdriver or crowbar. The front bushes are a-ok !

Originally Posted by Epic pooh

Heres two photos for amusement - the first is my 4 year old daughter pulling the bush around with a not very long bolt (she's pretty strong but ...seriously ... !) and the second is from the opposite side. This can be reproduced on car with a long screwdriver or crowbar. The front bushes are a-ok !

Mine were not that bad, in fact bloody brand new compared too those, they must have been making a racket

My control arm ball joint and steering arm was what went on mine and it was put down the big impact with a hole in the road.

Baz.

Surprisingly they were not particularly noisy - only made significant noise with suspension raised articulating across big rocks and suchlike (and mostly a groaning). The bulk of my banging noises came from the lower steering column shaft uni-joint and to a lesser extent the lhs rack end ball cup. I think the fact that the front bushes were pretty good (basically cannot move them by hand) may have helped keep the noise down. It felt 'soft and squishy' in corners and wobbled around (which it still does but to a much lesser amount - it's almost back to normal and now I am chasing the "10%"). I''ll admit I was pretty shocked at how soft they were when they came out.

BTW these are genuine arms that have only lasted ~50,000km or thereabouts. I've replaced them with much cheaper britpart OEM arms (which claim to be identical ... we will see).

I've kept the old arms and an assortment of other bits off the car (long list haha) and intend to weld them together and make a bird bath stand / yard art entitled "ode to Land Rover ownership"

Originally Posted by V2Evo96

Thanks Epic much appreciated, will look into that and for interest provide quote estimate for the lowers only (when I get it that is).

~~~~~Sigh~~~~~

Well well well - the quote never showed up from the non LR workshop. I even emailed the bloke to ensure all he had to do was reply.

Further when I got home from work I crawled under and checked for a 'leak' - nothing there and when I wiped between the joint with my finger it came out dry. I put a piece of cardboard under the bush and strangely enough this morning it was dry...

I didn't mention till now that the shop who is the agent for the extended warranty company is also the local Pedders agent who showed me some of their bushes for replacement of the OEM bushes.
I declined and asked him to quote with the OEM bushes--hmmm strange no quote has turned up.
The bad juju is that without a repair the vehicle is not roadworthy and I can't get the extended warranty transferred from the previous owner into my name.

Also strange that the servicing LR dealer workshop report in Sydney (Graeme Cooper) didn't mention any sign of a bush wearing as they do for pads, rotor, tyres etc..... on its 'B' service 1000k's before I bought it.

I have a plan that I will execute and post the outcome here after. I have a need to get to the bottom of this.

More next week for those interested..

Originally Posted by jonesy63

With all the recent posts about battery charging and dead batteries, there must also be some LR empathy going on! My cranking battery seems to be on last legs! Tried to start it this morning at it turned over at about half normal speed and sounded like it was injecting every other cycle, followed by hazaard lights flashing on dash, as well as low range being lit up. It is now on charge - with aux battery disconnected - but not holding much hope.

Cheers,
Rob

Charged battery for about 10 hours yesterday - was at 13.4V when connected to charger at the end. Disconnected and checked this morning - and it was at 10.6V. Looks like it is the season for dead batteries!

Originally Posted by jonesy63

Charged battery for about 10 hours yesterday - was at 13.4V when connected to charger at the end. Disconnected and checked this morning - and it was at 10.6V. Looks like it is the season for dead batteries!

Yeah but how are the bushings holding up??? OEM or Aftermarket....?

Originally Posted by V2Evo96

Yeah but how are the bushings holding up??? OEM or Aftermarket....?

LCAs were replaced at a LR deaker under warranty - so I hope they're OEM!

Ride and steering are back to how they should be.

At about 1 hour ago, had new Exide AGM battery installed at local dealer, under warranty. Alliance (LR roadside assistance) arrived and confirmed the original one had a dead cell.

So - happy with LR support at this moment!

Originally Posted by V2Evo96

Well well well - the quote never showed up from the non LR workshop. I even emailed the bloke to ensure all he had to do was reply.

Further when I got home from work I crawled under and checked for a 'leak' - nothing there and when I wiped between the joint with my finger it came out dry. I put a piece of cardboard under the bush and strangely enough this morning it was dry...

I didn't mention till now that the shop who is the agent for the extended warranty company is also the local Pedders agent who showed me some of their bushes for replacement of the OEM bushes.
I declined and asked him to quote with the OEM bushes--hmmm strange no quote has turned up.
The bad juju is that without a repair the vehicle is not roadworthy and I can't get the extended warranty transferred from the previous owner into my name.

Also strange that the servicing LR dealer workshop report in Sydney (Graeme Cooper) didn't mention any sign of a bush wearing as they do for pads, rotor, tyres etc..... on its 'B' service 1000k's before I bought it.

I have a plan that I will execute and post the outcome here after. I have a need to get to the bottom of this.

More next week for those interested..

OK here is the abbreviated follow on story.

Had the D3 Roadworthy inspected by a LR dealer and they found no issues with the vehicle including the control arm bushes. Was told the D3 was in excellent condition and had been extremely well maintained.

Then after 2 days of being stuffed around by the extended warranty agent's shop owner not wanting to speak to me, and me going to his shop every day and with many phone calls to his business, he finally agreed to see me personally.
I took my roadworthy back to the shop yesterday afternoon and he called the extended warranty company while I was there and informed them that the vehicle had been re-inspected and passed.

This means that the remaining time on the extended warranty (which was at no cost to me) could be finally transferred into my name.
I needed the Vic roadworthy anyway to transfer the rego so no loss there.

Did I mention the warranty company inspection agent is also the local Pedders dealer?
I won this time.....