Bushes what kind?

cueball · Sep 13, 2010

hey all, am a newbie to this whole thing so please be nice. I got my first landrover last week. A discovery 2 td5 gs on 02 plate. i want to change the bushes to something a could do my self with out using a press.

i wont be using this for off road so they dont have to be any thing extreme. i have heard of different types polys for example. but it all goes over my head.

thanks for your help

brainboy81 · Sep 13, 2010

cueball said:
hey all, am a newbie to this whole thing so please be nice. I got my first landrover last week. A discovery 2 td5 gs on 02 plate. i want to change the bushes to something a could do my self with out using a press.

i wont be using this for off road so they dont have to be any thing extreme. i have heard of different types polys for example. but it all goes over my head.

thanks for your help

Are the bushes actualy gone? if so i would go for polys, you have to press them all in or out but can usualy do it with a allsortment of different size sockets and a vice.

But unless they are shot no need to change them, are you talking front suspension ones for rear?

battenberg · Sep 13, 2010

Poly bushes were designed primarily for ease of installation, the ability to split them in half to get them in, in the field.

personally I replace my bushes with OEM LR ones. as I dont need to replace them with minimal tools

A good range of sockets, a large vice, a blow torch, a hacksaw, a stilson and a hammer is pretty much all you need to replace most bushes. and a mate with a press if it all gets a bit tough.

Pikey · Sep 13, 2010

battenberg said:
Poly bushes were designed primarily for ease of installation, the ability to split them in half to get them in, in the field.

personally I replace my bushes with OEM LR ones. as I dont need to replace them with minimal tools

A good range of sockets, a large vice, a blow torch, a hacksaw, a stilson and a hammer is pretty much all you need to replace most bushes. and a mate with a press if it all gets a bit tough.

Nope Thin drift Small Cold chisel & a big hammer will remove the bushes without the need to burn or saw thru the bushes and each one takes less than 5 minutes to remove.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/done-my-front-radius-arm-bushes-79806.html

cueball · Sep 13, 2010

as far as i know they may not need replacing. but as i am taking most things of for a bit of rust proofing. i thought it might be handy to do.

thanks for the advice, like i say this my first experience wit this stuff so just tell me if am an idiot ha ha

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