Thread: Defender Suspension rebuild.

Hard to tell off the phone but they look like Super Pro?
If so, and if they are cheaper than buying locally I'd use them.
Fulcrum/Super Pro are the only brand of polyurethane bushes I trust, and in most instances are a superior design and last a lot lot longer than original.

While your at it might be worth checking the swivel preload and have a look at the steering damper.
Speed wobbles aren’t much fun!

Paul.

Originally Posted by rick130

Hard to tell off the phone but they look like Super Pro?
If so, and if they are cheaper than buying locally I'd use them.
Fulcrum/Super Pro are the only brand of polyurethane bushes I trust, and in most instances are a superior design and last a lot lot longer than original.

Thanks Rick that’s exactly the advice I was chasing.
I haven’t done anything with the suspension since new except the panhard bushes when they failed. Thought I’d start from the bottom and replace all wear items.

What’s your advice on springs? Was thinking 130 stnd in front and 110 stnd in rear. Seems to be the general consensus from reading.

The Koni Raids look like the go. Not cheap but only once to do it once.

You’re not the Rick that used to live in Canberra are you. Had a maroon extreme?

Originally Posted by harro

While your at it might be worth checking the swivel preload and have a look at the steering damper.
Speed wobbles aren’t much fun!

Paul.

Thanks Paul. Actually the steering damper is the only part of suspension that is new. Replaced when faultfinding the worn panhard bushes.

I’ll sus out the swivel preload thou. Thanks for the tip

Just double check the tightness of the bolts for the panhard rod. When I replaced mine, the replacement bolt was made of plasticine and it stripped out a bit of the threat and could not be done up super tight. I replaced it with a 2nd hand genuine bolt.