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Hi, i've lifted my Rangie 3", and the front diff angle has changed more than i expected, any ideas as to correction bushes in Sydney. I've spoken to a few suppliers and no one carries a rangie bush set.
Interested in an "on car adjustable one" from Snake Racing, but as yet no time frame as to when it will be ready for use.
Any help or ideas
Thanks

Hi I had them in my rangie & ended up with vibration, my mate used them & ended cracking the mounts as there is little flex in the bushes. The only right way to do it is get your swivel hubs machined to correct the carster. If you still have vibration you need a cardan joint type tailshaft.

Cheers Gary

on car adjustable

your options are have the swivel hub holes elongated, get and fit castor correction bushes (not ideal) or Cranked front radius arms (best option but more $$$)


sumone else willfill you in with more detail I am sure

Any ideas as to who would do it in Sydney, the cranked radius arms, that is...

Gollywog wrote:Any ideas as to who would do it in Sydney, the cranked radius arms, that is...

Cranked front radius arms are not sumthing a suspension mob will do for you but i guess it dont hurt to ask.
I got Rovertym fronts cranked to suit a 4" lift in mine and I am very very happy with them.... but they not cheap and for alot less you may be able to get yours cranked in a press then you weld a peice of sheet metal to the sides for extra stregth (not needed but the rovertym ones have this)

http://www.rovertym.com <- based in europe me thinks

Ahmm...... thats a lot more substantial than a bit of sheet metal. Sheet will be useless. Plate it. ADR's I think make these illegal anyway.

A mate has just had the swivel hubs rotated by Overkill at Waitara on his Defender with a 3" lift. He reports it drives really well now. This seems to be the way to go.

Just go Nissan diffs Simon, mine is finished now. You can come for a look if you like.

ive had a 4" lift in my county for 18 months and 30,000 kms and NO caster bushes. i thought i would need them, however apart from a bit of light steering once every blue moon i cant feel the difference. the tyres arent wearing unevenly or anything. i know it sounds nuts, but try it without the bushes first.

as for severe vibration i got this in my old defender 7" lift when i had castor correction plates which gave me too much castor. i made some more and all was ok.

Andrew.

From memory ARB used to make the offset bushes, but they were never popular.

Do a search on cranked arms, there plenty thats been posted before. You should find HSVRangie's pinion angle pics.

And I'm pretty sure welded arms like Rovertym's are illegal in NSW. So just getting the hubs machined is a good option.

Regards
Max P

Maggot4x4 wrote:Just go Nissan diffs Simon, mine is finished now. You can come for a look if you like.

how much did this cost you in the end ? ?

AnthonyP wrote:

Maggot4x4 wrote:Just go Nissan diffs Simon, mine is finished now. You can come for a look if you like.

how much did this cost you in the end ? ?

Well under 2k all up. Even less when you consider I sold both front and rear diffs w/lockers and the 5 wheels.

All said and done, including the sale of the old stuff and the purchase of a new air locker to suit the GQ, $1500.

Maxtd5def wrote:From memory ARB used to make the offset bushes, but they were never popular.

Do a search on cranked arms, there plenty thats been posted before. You should find HSVRangie's pinion angle pics.

And I'm pretty sure welded arms like Rovertym's are illegal in NSW. So just getting the hubs machined is a good option.

Regards
Max P

Great .. thanks Max. I've got a set of Old man Emu caster correction bushes ... I hope they differ from the unpopular ARB ones.

Gollywog, These are brand new, complete with instructions and can be yours for only $50 plus freight/postage from Qld to Sydney. I think they are for the later model front radius arms (eg late 80's). At that price you could give them a go and see how they turn out ... not much to lose.

Cheers
Simo

Simo63 wrote:Great .. thanks Max. I've got a set of Old man Emu caster correction bushes ... I hope they differ from the unpopular ARB ones.

Cheers
Simo

ARB, OME same thing.

TuffRR wrote:

Simo63 wrote:Great .. thanks Max. I've got a set of Old man Emu caster correction bushes ... I hope they differ from the unpopular ARB ones.

Cheers
Simo

ARB, OME same thing.

Okay okay ... thanks TuffRR

Gollywog, I've got a set of very unpopular OME caster correction bushes for sale ... but mine are the bestest, most unpopularist bushes ever made .... you know the rest .... contact me if you want to waste $50 on these dastardly unpopular bushes

Cheers
Simo

I'd say if you've got them, put them in & run them, even if they only last six months.

See how it feels & drives. Get the camber castor toe specs with them in, you've then got a base to work with when you do something more drastic - more or less castor, etc

Regards
Max P

Hey AnthonyP -
Do you use a adjustable panhard rod for your 4" lift ??

Looks like option will be to talk to Sam up at Hornsby, check out the $$$.
Thanks for the info..