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Hey guys. I have just got another 85' suzi swb and the rubber bushes inside the spring leafs are stuffed. How hard are these to replace and were should I get them. I have seen some kits on ebay for cheap. R these ok for everyday road use?

What ever you get, make sure they are rubber, not nolathane. Rubber has much better flex. You won't ever be happy with nolathane if you are going to be doing any kind of 4wding. And they are pretty easy to get out and replace, usually the fixed mount end bushes are the harder ones to get out.

Pretty easy job if you got a Jack and a few jacks stands. I went Super-pro polyurethane bushes they are working pretty well haven't flogged out or ovalled the eyes out sofar.

Does anyone else do rubber bushes (other than genuine) ???

If not, what are the genuines worth (as a kit?) anyone know?

(sorry for hijack)

I just replaced my FRONT nolathane shackle bushes with the rubber eBay ones. The shackle bushes fitted perfectly, but the fixed mount end bushes DID NOT FIT into my 2in king springs. These bushes were too small! I can only assume that the king springs have a different rear bush over the standard springs??? Anyone?

So I left the fixed mount end bushes as nolathane and just did the shackels... It rides much better! I can definitely tell the difference and would recommend doing the swap!

I will be changing the rear shackle bushes to rubber soon too!

Pez

My calmini bushes are urethane and they don't seem to bother flex or ride.

ScrawnC wrote:What ever you get, make sure they are rubber, not nolathane. Rubber has much better flex. You won't ever be happy with nolathane if you are going to be doing any kind of 4wding. And they are pretty easy to get out and replace, usually the fixed mount end bushes are the harder ones to get out.

I 100% disagree.
I have been in the Polyurethane business for over 10 years. We make and sell Spring spacers and also sell bushes for our 4x4 club. We do lots of other poly bits.
Yes the poly bushes you buy off the shelf are way to hard. (JMO)We make ours from a softer and stronger poly. These will out flex and normaly out last any rubber bush. How do I know this because I have seen it 100+ times before. Sure rubber is good for a lot of things but don't go bagging poly if you don't have all the facts.

The reason they (poly) ones you get off the shelf are rather hard is for mainly road use and not for flex. We can make them flex till 100%.

Don't want to get into a heated discussion about it but I see this all the time where people have this perception that poly bushes are no good as a bush in springs. You need to make sure that you use the correct grease or they will start to squeak rather quickly.

FYI: Poly bushes are resilent to oil, petrol, salt, unlike rubber.

Bruceh wrote:

ScrawnC wrote:What ever you get, make sure they are rubber, not nolathane. Rubber has much better flex. You won't ever be happy with nolathane if you are going to be doing any kind of 4wding. And they are pretty easy to get out and replace, usually the fixed mount end bushes are the harder ones to get out.

I 100% disagree.
I have been in the Polyurethane business for over 10 years. We make and sell Spring spacers and also sell bushes for our 4x4 club. We do lots of other poly bits.
Yes the poly bushes you buy off the shelf are way to hard. (JMO)We make ours from a softer and stronger poly. These will out flex and normaly out last any rubber bush. How do I know this because I have seen it 100+ times before. Sure rubber is good for a lot of things but don't go bagging poly if you don't have all the facts.

The reason they (poly) ones you get off the shelf are rather hard is for mainly road use and not for flex. We can make them flex till 100%.

Don't want to get into a heated discussion about it but I see this all the time where people have this perception that poly bushes are no good as a bush in springs. You need to make sure that you use the correct grease or they will start to squeak rather quickly.

FYI: Poly bushes are resilent to oil, petrol, salt, unlike rubber.

Send me your details cos I'm all for poly bushes usually!! I guess I have only come across the too-hard type bushes for 4wd's though. I'm basing my opinions on unhappy comments from other people too who have used nolathane and regreted it due to hard ride, vibrations etc. I'm all ears to learn more about your product!! PM me details, website etc.

PM ScrawnC