Poly Bushes Ruined My Land Rover.

Citizen Kane said:

Only fitted to the chassis, Britpart Black ones.

I only went down the poly bush route for the chassis as I expected removing and refitting standard ones would involve many and varied swear words, turns out the job wasn't too bad.

I guess I'm not after a "performance" upgrade just looking for durability and dependability, I looked in the wrong place with these poly bushes.

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You should fit polybushes as a kit. Not piecemeal.

Removing the standard bushes is actually no problem. I remove the inner part, and cut out the outer tube carefully, using a hacksaw with the blade reversed in the frame.

I can assure you there is no problem with polybushes per se. I have fitted several sets, and they have worked well for years, and my friend polybushed a Series, and drove it all the way to Cape Town, no suspension issues at all, although it did break down in several other ways.
I usually use the premium bush kits, but I also know people who have had good results with Britpart bushes.
Metalastik bushes work well too if you are that way inclined.

It does sound like the tubes were too short tho !

freelance said:

It does sound like the tubes were too short tho !

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Pics might be helpful.

When I refurbished my 109, 9 years and 10,000 miles ago, I put some Britpart, blue polybushes in the rear springs only, none in the chassis. I did this because I had the bushes, they came with the Land Rover. I've had no issues and they are still in perfect condition, sitting concentrically. I wouldn't hesitate to polybush again.

Extreedoc said:

When I refurbished my 109, 9 years and 10,000 miles ago, I put some Britpart, blue polybushes in the rear springs only, none in the chassis. I did this because I had the bushes, they came with the Land Rover. I've had no issues and they are still in perfect condition, sitting concentrically. I wouldn't hesitate to polybush again.

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I fitted an orange Polybush kit in my Ninety about the same time, and it has done 30K since, no issues, and my ex wife is still using the vehicle on the farm, and on the road.
I fitted another kit on my 109, probably a good quality kit, can't remember who made the kit, and ran it for 7 years and then sold it, never had any problems with the bushes.

I fitted an entire superpro poly sub kit to my 90 and it’s been absolutely fine. This was a good while ago.

Can the OP post some photos? I am wondering if britpart supplies the wrong bits in the kit? (Wouldn’t be the first time!)

What was the final outcome of all this? I’ve something similar. I’m fitting gb paras (with std bushes) to a Richards chassis with a orange polybush (no idea of maker) book says to tighten shackle bolts to 70lb - by which time the orange polybush flange will be squeezed completely out (as stated earlier, the spacer tube is about 4mm shorter than across the outer edges of the two poly bushes. ???? Any help appreciated. Thanks