poly bushes

I haven't had any dramas getting original bushes out of the chassis but the father-in-law made an extractor for me which makes it easier.

Personally I'm using the original type bushes except in one case where the spring eyes had lost their grip...... the flanges on the end of a polybush stopped the 'klonking' as the spring slid on the bush. Otherwise I wouldn't have used them.

Had a lot of problems removing 'polybushes', the inner sleeve is only zinc passivated so had rusted to the bolts, ended up having to cut through the bolts. Possibly partly a problem with lack of lubrication when they were assembled but worse than any of the original types I've removed.


Colin

every land rover lover should experience the joys of removing chassis bushes. the second worse job in the world only second to removing the steering relay.

On serious note i have installed cheap Britpart poly bushes. i couldn't justify the price of superpro and also easier to install than oem rubber. build still in progress so cant report on how they hold up.

I sick with the originals. Still got a few boxes left.
Stubborn chassis bushes I just use a hacksaw blade to cut mostly through, then use a specially sharpened through tang screwdriver to chisel one side up then it slides out.
K

Ill be knocking up a video at some stage on how I butchered them out lol. Still havent removed the ones from the springs, so when I do ill include in vid.

Looking around at prices, damn hard to know whats a good price and what is a rip off. Looking at the Super Pro ones from UK (as linked in a thread) for $200, but then I also want to check how much the OEM rubber types are. For rubber ones, has anyone found a good price for the set?

EDIT: I noticed that John Craddock from UK sell the poly bushes at a reasonable price, plus other items I am after (gaskets/seals, etc). Anyone got the bushes from there?

As mentioned earlier in this thread, don't fall for cheap poly bushes, they can be very hard, not flexible at all, and fall apart very quickly.

If your budget won't stretch to the super pro items, go for good quality rubber.

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Originally Posted by Ben_Burdett

every land rover lover should experience the joys of removing chassis bushes. the second worse job in the world only second to removing the steering relay.

On serious note i have installed cheap Britpart poly bushes. i couldn't justify the price of superpro and also easier to install than oem rubber. build still in progress so cant report on how they hold up.

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I've seen people cut them out with the gas axe. NOT recommending this, BTW.

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Originally Posted by Cap

Still havent removed the ones from the springs,

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The ones in the springs are easy to remove using a chisel to open up the spring eye. If you're using the rubber bonded bushes don't grease the outside when you insert the new ones otherwise they can move in the spring eye.

If you have someone with access to a lathe making up an insertion/removal tool is fairly straightforward. You just need some high tensile allthread and a few turned parts and it's a simple job to remove & insert the rubber bonded bushes. Well OK, the chassis bushes are a little harder but like 123rover50 a hacksaw cut nearly through the outer shell and either an extractor or a chisel and out they come.

The STD rubber bonded bushes are available from Paddocks or any of the local suppliers. Haven't seen them as a 'set' so just order the individual items.

Colin

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Originally Posted by gromit

The ones in the springs are easy to remove using a chisel to open up the spring eye. If you're using the rubber bonded bushes don't grease the outside when you insert the new ones otherwise they can move in the spring eye.

If you have someone with access to a lathe making up an insertion/removal tool is fairly straightforward. You just need some high tensile allthread and a few turned parts and it's a simple job to remove & insert the rubber bonded bushes. Well OK, the chassis bushes are a little harder but like 123rover50 a hacksaw cut nearly through the outer shell and either an extractor or a chisel and out they come.

The STD rubber bonded bushes are available from Paddocks or any of the local suppliers. Haven't seen them as a 'set' so just order the individual items.

Colin

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Just don't do what I did the first time I did this and tap the chisel until it's tight, then took a couple of bigger swings at it and didn't hit it square - it shot the chisel out and embedded it in the ceiling above me. So wear safety glasses and bit a bit more careful than I was. ;)

Great info and advice, thanks all. Had a look at the springs last night and unfortunately the eye spring leaf of buggered. Two of the bushes must of worn through and actually gouged the eyelet! So ill be looking at least to replace these leafs so no point wasting time withe the bush remains.

Mackay Rubber supplies the original rubber bushes too.