Thread: Rear control arm to chassis bushes

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Originally Posted by Tombie

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Do they last?

What bushes were they? I have never seen any go like that. The ones I have at present (genuine) are about 300,000km old, and still in good shape.

John

They will still be under tension from the lift, personally i would use original rubbers and make spacer wedges to angle them down like the LRA kit.

Never had an issue with them and a 3" lift

Originally Posted by POD

I fitted a full set of new suspension bushes just a couple of months ago, the ones at the chassis end of the rear radius arms were a bit chopped up and squeaking so decided to do the lot while I was at it. Below are the new bushes after about 6,000km. This is after getting back from a trip into Wonnangatta over the weekend, I have just replaced them with a slightly used set that I thankfully had lying around. http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1430702190 My 130 has about 60mm lift which I realise puts extra stress on these, but I had expected better than this- in fact the ones that were replaced had been in for at least 60,000k which included a Kinberley trip plus numerous high country trips since the lift was done. These were supplied as 'From original equipment manufacturer', I will be contacting the supplier. I know LRA do an angled version of this bush, wondering if anyone has had any experience with them, whether they are in fact a solution to this problem. I don't want to crank the arms as I think this introduces a fail point.

The only set I've seen like that were original on an 83RR with 380k

The ones in the pic might have been NOS (very old) or just inferior compound.

Superpro as per Tombies post are the go.

Originally Posted by POD

Do they last?

Hmmm, lets see, 245,000km over indifferent country roads and tracks and still going ok.

Is that lasting ?

Originally Posted by rick130

Hmmm, lets see, 245,000km over indifferent country roads and tracks and still going ok.

Is that lasting ?

Yeah certainly better than the ones in my photo.
According to their website, supercheap seems to be their main stockist. Will go and talk to the spotty faced kids there.