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Radius Arms

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Post by RRover85 »

Ive just noticed that my radius arm or trailing arm bushes are buggered so i rang our local Land Rover spare parts place and they want $47.00 ea for the bushes!!! does this seem right?? like if thats what there worth ill pay it but it seems to much!!! I know its a Land Rover part but bloody hell!!
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Post by Slunnie »

Sounds good to me. I priced up some factory bushes for the axle ends of the D2 and it was about $68ea fronts (x4), $62ea rears (x4).
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Post by Thonger »

Check four wheel drive parts, can't find there link at the moment but when I do will get it here, they're in melb but I just paid 15(i think) a piece for frount radius arm bushes
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Post by DaveS3 »

that price is probably for OE bushes, where is FWD in Melbourne sell their own stuff

i think this there address is www.fwd.com.au??? or something very similar anyway!
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Post by Thonger »

Probably right but the prices are good the catalouge bloody well very comprehensive and if you don't know the exact name of something the exploded drawings are very usefull.
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Post by HSV Rangie »

Radias arm bushes
4wd's. 03 98900500
Chassy end: $ 3.00 each
Diff end: $ 10.00 each.
pluss GST.

Sams front radias arms diff end: $150.00 set.

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Post by Aquarangie »

Spend a bit extra and get Sam's slotted bushes.

Now have them fitted to my Rangie, no ill handling effects and offer more travel up front by about an inch (need longer front shocks to benifit, but will changed when the 9000's are stuffed!!).

Money well spent I reckon!!

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Post by Rovernaut »

Go OEM and not the other brand. The OEM rubbers are better.
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Post by RRover85 »

Ahhh thanks heaps for your help fellas!! save me a bloody fortune!! Thanks...
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Post by modman »

the ones fwd's in melb. sell have a middle steel shell, not good!!!
this extra shell limits artic. even further than the standard oem solid rubber bush.
go sams bushes and toy shocks!! they rock.
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Post by RaginRover »

modman wrote:the ones fwd's in melb. sell have a middle steel shell, not good!!!
this extra shell limits artic. even further than the standard oem solid rubber bush.
go sams bushes and toy shocks!! they rock.
david
Sams are great, had a set in my 76RR with 80 series shocks Gave my front end an easy 4 extra inches of travel, got to get some in the 91 now .... :armsup:
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Post by Aquarangie »

Those FWD bushes (the 2 shell variety, no centre tube) are crap, full stop!!!!!

Mine lasted less than 6 months and fell apart after a couple of off-road runs. they might be cheap, but I wouldn't waste my money on them again. there allright if you don't do a lot of off-road work though.

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Post by Thonger »

I got the fwd ones, they had 3 tubes. Needed them in a hurry seems I shouldn't have bothered still havn't finished the work for RWC, but on a side note for articulation are rubber bushes better than poly.
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Post by GURU »

I too am replacing front radius arm bush's,

One thing I'm interested in is the ppl with Sam's bush's getting extra travel, are you using the same springs as you did before you put the slotted bush's in? just running longer shocks? (what length is shock at full droop?)
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Post by red90 »

They mean extra articulation, not travel. Bushes don't affect travel, they affect articlaution range, Stock bushings limit articulation before the shocks/springs.
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Post by modman »

kings std springs+2"
ridepro toy 80 front shock
612 extended
360 compressed
612 travel$220 a pair :lol:
springs don't come too loose
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Post by Bush65 »

Yes rubber bushes are better than poly.
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