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Radius Arms
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:42 pm
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!!
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:32 pm
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).
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:48 am
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
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:55 pm
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!
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:40 pm
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:57 pm
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.
Michael.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:25 pm
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!!
Regards,
Trav
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:22 pm
by Rovernaut
Go OEM and not the other brand. The OEM rubbers are better.
Bushes
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:44 pm
by RRover85
Ahhh thanks heaps for your help fellas!! save me a bloody fortune!! Thanks...
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:18 pm
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.
david
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:02 pm
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 ....
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:49 pm
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.
Regards,
Trav
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:11 pm
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:13 am
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?)
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:54 am
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:37 pm
by modman
kings std springs+2"
ridepro toy 80 front shock
612 extended
360 compressed
612 travel$220 a pair
springs don't come too loose
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:43 pm
by Bush65
Yes rubber bushes are better than poly.