Are Bearmach Polybush kits any good

Hi guys

Once i have replaced both my propshaft's for wide angle ones i want to replace all the bushes on my 1988 90, the p.o. has partially replaced some of the bushes in the past with red ones possibly genuine polybush ones but i am looking at buying a Bearmach polybush kit and just want to know if the Bearmach ones are any good, what do you think

if they are 1 piece cotton reel type steer clear other wise the 2 piece are ok

jamesmartin said:

if they are 1 piece cotton reel type steer clear other wise the 2 piece are ok

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Cheers james i will check

cornish rattler said:

Hi guys

Once i have replaced both my propshaft's for wide angle ones i want to replace all the bushes on my 1988 90, the p.o. has partially replaced some of the bushes in the past with red ones possibly genuine polybush ones but i am looking at buying a Bearmach polybush kit and just want to know if the Bearmach ones are any good, what do you think

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I don't know about Bearmach polybush sets but I fitted the Britpart ones which people on here seem to take the micky out of and they have been fine. I fitted the yellow set about four/five years ago. They have done about forty thousand miles, a trip across the Sahara in Morocco, wadding, regular trips through the forest and are still fine. When I first fitted them I did notice they were harder than the original rubber ones but I got used to them and now don't give them a second thought.

Have had bearmach blue on mine for over ten years and only just replaced a couple on rear axle rods with the same.

Fo-flex on mine wore out very quickly especially on the front radius arms.

The yellow britpart ones on mine were reduced to powder in a matter of months

lynall said:

Fo-flex on mine wore out very quickly especially on the front radius arms.

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Are you sure they were properly fitted. My mates drove from London to Cape Town in a floflexed series, no issues at all.
I have polybush orange, and they are as new after five year round the farm.

daddy2coull said:

The yellow britpart ones on mine were reduced to powder in a matter of months

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Did you take that up with the suppliers? You should get your money back if that has happened.

Turboman said:

Are you sure they were properly fitted. My mates drove from London to Cape Town in a floflexed series, no issues at all.
I have polybush orange, and they are as new after five year round the farm.



Did you take that up with the suppliers? You should get your money back if that has happened.

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Yep I fitted them myself and yes I am an animal sometimes, but in this case I did actually take some care.
I dont know if you realise a series is a leafer and as such the bushes are under different types of forces, to give you an example I actually changed a chassis bush on my S2 the other day, the rubber had totally gone and it had been like this for over 5 years and drove just the same before and afterwards.
The problem I had was the bushes wore and allowed the axle to rotate slightly backwards thus losing the self centering when coming out of a corner, new std bushes and it was fine.

lynall said:

I dont know if you realise a series is a leafer and as such the bushes are under different types of forces,

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Yes, I had noticed that with the five series I have owned!

But the bushes have been good on my 90 too, which isn't leaf sprung.

The standard bushes work well too, not had a problem with them either, but the polybushes save a lot of pressing

I wasnt taking the ****, well maybe a little! the point I was making is the series ones get an easy life compared the coiler ones.
I had loads of grief getting the bushes out I think they were the original (1959) as early series 2 has 2 short bushes per hole as opposed to one long bush.

Agree Lynall,had a 58 2 and it was a swine of a job,rust in chassis tube in the space between the bush's was the problem.

lynall said:

I wasnt taking the ****, well maybe a little! the point I was making is the series ones get an easy life compared the coiler ones.
I had loads of grief getting the bushes out I think they were the original (1959) as early series 2 has 2 short bushes per hole as opposed to one long bush.

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tottot said:

Agree Lynall,had a 58 2 and it was a swine of a job,rust in chassis tube in the space between the bush's was the problem.

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With either the two part or the long bushes, if they are really tough the welding torch and hacksaw with blade reversed is usually the way to go!

Yep that's what I did,and a lot of cleaning up of the tube to get replacement bush in after failed first attempt,that rust in the center of the tube.

Has anyone used the Duraflex urethane bushes? If so any good?

Turboman said:

With either the two part or the long bushes, if they are really tough the welding torch and hacksaw with blade reversed is usually the way to go!

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I ended splitting them with a chisel, took some doing, the bushwacka tool would not touch them, quite happy to gas axe them but as its an original 59 chassis was worried just how thick the chassis tube would be!

I got the slightly more expensive Superpro kit and they're holding up well a year and a half later. So far so good.

All polybushes are crap.

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200tdi ayre said:

All polybushes are crap.

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Why?

The Godfrog said:

Why?

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Get the idea he might not like them!

No problems myself, and I have been using them since before he was born, I think!