Thread: poly bushes

I've seen a few horror stories about using poly bushes in series LR's. Apparently they can chew out very quickly. Also, why make the suspension harder? A set of good quality rubber bushes are the way to go in my humble opinion.

Some favour, however I am not one who does.
Stick with the genuine ones Billy, as they last decades (if installed correctly) and don't cause any issues.
Cheers, Mick.

Hi,
have had a number of series cars and found problems with poly bushes--elongating bush holes, harsh ride --stay with genuine rubber ones for sure.

I have been running poly bushes in my IIA for almost 20 years now (fitted in 1997 but it has been off the road the last few years). In that time I only needed to replace 2 bushes due to wear. I also drove it halfway around Australia in that time, plus plenty of hard work.
There were no problems with the chassis hole wear. You just need to liberally grease the central tube with copper/moly grease when installing.
Poly bushes give you much more flex in the bushes (unless you get the stupidly stiff ones they sell in the UK).

There are plenty of crap ones on the market which are too stiff, which is why they have a bad reputation. You will notice most of the replies above have no first hand experience.

Super Pro are the only ones I would buy these days.

Originally Posted by mick88

Some favour, however I am not one who does.
Stick with the genuine ones Billy, as they last decades (if installed correctly) and don't cause any issues.
Cheers, Mick.

Hi Mick, are the genuine rubber ones still available and where can i get them from? Are the britpart ones anygood? or can anyone else recommend another supplier of rubber bushes?

Originally Posted by Ben_Burdett

Hi Mick, are the genuine rubber ones still available and where can i get them from? Are the britpart ones anygood? or can anyone else recommend another supplier of rubber bushes?

I was originally running OE rubber bushes and they lasted 2 years. I have tried a range of rubber bushes in both series and coiler landies, and have had a high failure rate - even for genuine. I have found a much longer service life and consistency of quality from Super Pro.

EDIT: forgot to add - Britpart bushes are terrible. You barely make it out of the driveway before they fail.

Originally Posted by Ben_Burdett

Hi Mick, are the genuine rubber ones still available and where can i get them from? Are the britpart ones anygood? or can anyone else recommend another supplier of rubber bushes?

Britpart get a bad rap for a lot of things, I've used a lot of thier stuff and generally have no issue with it - but britpart rubber products are something I steer clear of personally.

Roverparts sell 2 different qualities of many things - including the bushes - they sell Britpart as the cheaper ones and another brand I can't recall off the top of my head for those that don't want to change them again...

Originally Posted by Homestar

...Also, why make the suspension harder? ...

Super Pro and other poly bushes of the appropriate compound will make your suspension softer, not harder.

They also compress a **lot** more in cross-axle articulation, so you get better wheel travel offroad.