Thread: 3rd production radius arms

snake racing does some for rovers. or those reeeeeeeeeeeeaallly nice ones from equipe
qt ones, and you can get them from the uk in 5 days or so.......


geck

They will fit the rover chassis mount, but not the axle. The position of the bushes in nissan arms are a long way off the position of the brackets on a rover axle.

John, I thought the diff housing end might be the problem, need to talk to an engineer about moding the housing or ring 3rd to make some for the rovers, I think they would work well.

Gecks, hows the car going got your parts yet, you go to cairns. You better keep an eye on those radius arms mate I know where you work. so if they go missing it .

Originally Posted by lambrover

I am after some more flex out of the front end, I have looked at the safari guard set up but the on road handling is affected to much for a touring rig.
What do you guys think about 3rd productions nissan GQ/GU radius arms they have a similar chassis connection to the rover but these ones have a pivit point after the bush. wonder if you can make them fit.

http://http://www.bbmmotorsports.com.au/patrol.html

scroll down to the radius arms.

It might be worth trying SuperPro blue bushes in the axle end of the radius arms before spending the big money etc.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

It might be worth trying SuperPro blue bushes in the axle end of the radius arms before spending the big money etc.

what will that do, I want the chassis end to be able to flex more, wouldn't I use a softer bush at the chassis end. I have thought about cranking the arms, has any one had there's done.

Originally Posted by lambrover

what will that do, I want the chassis end to be able to flex more, wouldn't I use a softer bush at the chassis end. I have thought about cranking the arms, has any one had there's done.

The restriction comes mostly from the axle end, not the chassis end.

When you articulate it forces the 2 bushes that are at the axle, one has the crush tube forced up , and the other has the crush tube forced down and this is what increases the resistance to articulation. The SuperPro bushes have more give in them and allow the crush tubes to move more within the bush than the OE ones do. There was a lot of work done out of QLD on bushes that were drilled and cast with slots above and below these bushes with excellent results, but they are not very durable. The SuperPro ones are softer and the end result is apparently similar for articulation, but more durable for DD and touring. These are the same bushes that Discowhite (I'm pretty sure) is using with good results.

cheers slunnie, I'll have to order some in.

Be very carefull using soft bushes if you intend to drive on the road. Under hard braking the car will brake steer in either direction as the bushes compress under load.
Mate I run a 4" lift with custom shock towers and shocks with standard LR bushes. It flexes very well. Spend your money on a front locker instead.

Justin