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Luck of the draw I guess. The first bushes we fitted were Britpart poly bushes to the panard rod, failed in less than a week. Replaced with Britpart OEM and have been good since.

Yes, don't tell them anything except know mods which you need to declare. My son's was £2.5k for a Ninety with a 200tdi conversion, mind you that was 10 years ago. Still agree £11k seems rather high.

Yep totally agree. Being young these days is not easy, oh hang on 🤔. Still think the quote is way over expected. J

I have used Britpart oem with no problem. Since you have now learned a valuable lesson you would do well to replace your other aftermarket with oem. You can buy a kit for not a great deal of money.

If you fit polybushes then buy good ones, cheaper ones are crap. Not all bolts are the same, some are metric some are not.

That's a problem for sure. Do them up as tight as possible and see what happens. What bushes did you fit, random aftermarket, oem or genuine?

That worry had never crossed my mind, don't even know if that's an issue. I have never read anything about it elsewhere.

Think they have to be 'de-coded' before being removed before they can be re-coded again once fitted to the new vehicle. NB. It's possible that I am wrong though.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean with regards to the angle of the steering column. Are they not all the same and in a fixed position?

You are just going to have to start at the beginning and check redo everything from the radius arm to chassis bush forward. Mark each bolt with paint to show any future movement. This includes stripping down the swivels and resetting the shims...

Yep, got to start somewhere, along as he is not the main driver. Also a possible downside is not earning any no claims bonus, maybe.

Lemforder are a good maker of parts, MeyleHD, then Delphi in my humble opinion.

You can do named drivers BUT if the youngster is the MAIN driver then he can't be a NAMED driver, if that makes sense. They got wise to that years ago.

Can't do that, as a youngster it will need to be insured in his name as the main driver. My son was 17 when he insured his Ninety through AF. I doubt A-plan will insure, I'm in my 50s and they don't qoute me a sensible price. AF are probably...

They have a factory fitted one don't they?

Apparently I now need knee support bandages and photos of Naga Munchetty !

That's very poor, are they cheap ones? I fitted a Febi Bilstein one on my Focus once, it failed in 3 days. Check lower ball joint if you haven't already.

Just so you know many Defenders weren't even fitted with anti roll bars.

What sort of Defender, they are not all the same.

How many cubby boxes have you got that they need organising?

I had a car once which had a missing drop link, I never noticed! Probably not best practice but I can't see how it will hurt for testing purposes, might affect the handling a bit if you go hurtling down some twisty roads.

Why don't you take the drop links off and see if the rattle has gone?

That maybe so but they are all interchangeable so it doesn't matter along as it doesn't leak.

Don't buy calipers badged as PEAC, they won't work.

I thought you had rebuilt the swivels already? Did you replace the drop arm? You might aswell to discount it. Could you not clamp the drop arm and then see if any play in the steering wheel?

That possibly discounts the steering box then, still got the old one?

Ah…I see now. I miss spoke and meant column 😁

Steering rack?

Not sure how the pas pump could affect the road holding. Did you replace the nuts and bolts in the suspension arms? Steering column UJs? Mine doesn't have an inch free play in the steering wheel Drop arm? I wouldn't presume a recon box is any good.

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