Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #1

Do you need a ramp to do this job?

 

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Donater

• Jun 4, 2016

• #2

Dopey said:

Do you need a ramp to do this job?

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No. But car needs to be sat level to make it really easy.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #3

ok ta mucho I am guessing Polyurethane is best? the yellow ones? why the different colours though?

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #4

Dopey said:

ok ta mucho I am guessing Polyurethane is best? the yellow ones? why the different colours though?

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different makes, and the makes usually have 2 choices of stiffness

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #5

ok anyone know whats best for road?

 

Falk

Active Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #6

Dopey said:

ok ta mucho I am guessing Polyurethane is best? the yellow ones? why the different colours though?

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Represent Different stiffness depending on manufacturer. Would say use OEM bushes but people's opinion vary

 

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EntropyUK

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #7

I think someone has been watching wheelerdealers.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #8

Yea it reminded me of how it was bumping.... its been a job for about 2 years, i will have to sort it soon

 

tarphenry

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #9

Hi I fitted rubbers from LR direct. easy job if you have a gun they are O/E and are fine

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #10

tarphenry said:

Hi I fitted rubbers from LR direct. easy job if you have a gun they are O/E and are fine

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But you have to be a good shot.

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

• Jun 4, 2016

• #11

I looked at poly and in the end decided rubber was best. My plan was to slowly replace the lot as need arose. Trailing arms front done. Keep looking at the steering / anti-rollbar one one but it doesn't look that bad so keep putting it to the back of the list.

Bumping: not the dampers, is it?

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2016

• #12

No bumping really, just seems a little harsh when you go over a bump, but that could be the suspension settings being too hard, and maybe needs to be softer setting

 

Falk

Active Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #13

Dopey said:

No bumping really, just seems a little harsh when you go over a bump, but that could be the suspension settings being too hard, and maybe needs to be softer setting

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Check the rubber bottom bushes for the shocks.

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

• Jun 5, 2016

• #14

Mine's not soft by any stretch of the imagination. I am running on 18" rims though. The 16" rims smooth it a bit. I have even considered sneaking the profile of the tyres up a bit on the 16" for off roading.

you're not running 24" with a lick of black paint for tyres?

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #15

I have 18s with hurricane rims on it

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

• Jun 5, 2016

• #16

Have you done the trailing arm bushes? I did the front and it made a big difference.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #17

All I have done is
Drag Link Assembly including joints
Track Rod Assembly including joints

 

Falk

Active Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #18

Grrrrrr said:

Have you done the trailing arm bushes? I did the front and it made a big difference.

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Radius arm - lets not confuse anybody

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #19

Thought I would do the easy bits first, seems like a pain doing the bushes, and I might need help doing them

 

Falk

Active Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #20

The front end bushes are easy enough so long as you follow the instructions.

AR bar and shocks are the easiest
Panhard you can do in a vice
Radius Arms are the most difficult - you need a special tool to press in OEM bush as it is a compression fit. Some use polybush to get around this.
For me i got a set off the breakers and took them down to an indy to press them in for me.