Thread: WANTED: More Flex

Originally Posted by Grimace

Sorry if its already been covered; What sort of suspension bushes are you using???

I still have standard bushes. This is where I thought I could possibly be losing flex, I just had to make sure that my front springs weren't too firm.

Were can you buy Haultech bushes? Pat

http://www.haultech.com/Contact.shtml

They're actually a trucking AC business, but they're also heavily into extreme 4WDing etc.

Originally Posted by PAT303

Were can you buy Haultech bushes? Pat

The Haultech bushes do work to a degree. I ran them for a while but

1- they dont last long if you flex the vehicle alot.

2- In our vehicle with the weight of the Isuzu, winch, bar etc you can get some brake steering if you hit the brakes hard. ie the diff can flex more in relation to its position on the radius arms due to the bushes.

I have a hinged radius arm you can try??

Justin

The thing is your "static" flexing the the vehicle.

The front wont flex as well as it can with the rear level on the ground...

AND as for traction from big articulation, Bull****!

A lightly loaded tyre sitting on the ground will do NOTHING.....

Sure it looks good, but its useless!

Lockers are traction, flex is body stability.

Oh yeah, and the flex from Haultech bushes is OK..

But I flogged out 2 sets in under 6 months of mild offroad play on weekends, and mainly highway running,

Originally Posted by tombraider

Oh yeah, and the flex from Haultech bushes is OK..

But I flogged out 2 sets in under 6 months of mild offroad play on weekends, and mainly highway running,

Like Kev, mine are 3 years old and still going strong.

YOu can change to the Haultech holey bushes or get the older radius arm bush (has only inner and out tube, where as the later ones have a third sleeve in the centre of the rubber reducing flex).

The holey bushes only lasted me about 4 months when I had them, but mine where one of the earlier sets which I have herd they are now using a different compound and alot of people have been stretching them alot further in the use department.

The standard bushes should be rubber, if your not using rubber bushes, go out and get rubber and replace em all. If they are very old, it might be time to replace them anyways.

You will get better flex on the trail as opposed to just jacking a wheel up in the driveway (as has already been mentioned), so maybe do afew trips and get some idea of how your vehicle flexs while climbing and decending and offcamber and you will see that it should be using most if not all of the shock travel.