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new Radius arm bushings. Stock or Polybush?

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muddyweb:
I use Poly on there purely because they are easier to change.   I don't believe they offer any particular ride improvement, or last any longer.  (If anything they might last a bit less time)

Sharpshooter:

--- Quote from: "Sheddy" ---I polybushed my Disco throughout back in February.  I'm replacing them with OEM bushes as they fail.  So far I've replace all the front shock opnes and the trailing arm ones.

Tells a tale.
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Hi Sheddy. Can i ask. Did you have genuine bushes, or deflex or another make. I have genuine polybushes all round on both my 110, and my discovery 1. I can say they are much nice on the road, and off the road on both vehicles.

The idea of polybush, is that they arnt succeptable to damage, like the rubber ones. Also, the design alows the bush to flex more. Robber bushes are bonded, whick restricts their movement. Whereas Polybushes are seperate, and allow them to move more freely, as they should.

Most Polybushes fail due to noty being fitted correctly. I have fitted several sets to all kinds of vehicles, and only ever had one fail. This was due to the bush being slightly damaged by someone trying to fit it before.

I bought my bushes for my 110 from a guy on ebay. He had them fitted to his 90, and siad they didnt do whet the were supposed to. When they turned up, i could barely get them apart. They were dry as a bone. I cleaned them up, and gave them plenty of grease when fitting. All i can say, is if you want to come and have a ride in either of my vehicles. Your more than welcome. Im sure you wont be dissapointed. :)

BtB:
There are two types of origional polybush, 'Classic' which are red. These are designed for road vehicles (fast road work, towing) and its sugested that driving on dirt tracks is the most off road they should have. They will stiffen up the suspension.

Thewn there is the 'Comfort' which are blue. These are softer and give more shock absorbsion. They were designed for offroad use to allow more flex. It also states they are simular to standard.

Polybush also have a 'Dynamic' range. There isn't much info about these on their web site. They are  orange in colour. They list th e dynamic for the series 2 disco.

I have been fitting Explorer bushes as and when i have needed to replace (mainly because i needed a coupe for work that i was doing and i couldn't get hold of anything else. The only thing i could buy was a full Explorer kit). I have had no trouble with them. When i start having trouble i will look into fitting blue (comfort) bushes.

Alot depends on the vehicle and its usage. For examlpe it could be a very important feature that you can change the bushes yourself any where. So a 3 part bush is the way forward.

Xtremeteam:
personally i would stick with OME as they were proven,from my experiance ive found polys to wear the metal rather than the bush wearing  :wink:

davidlandy:
Got orange polybushes on mine and found them to last not very long at all

the only advantage is that they are easy to change (after the first time) from OEM rubber ones.

in 2 yrs I have I had to redo the front , starting with the panhard rod then the front radius arms as the front axle was twisting back and forth causing a clunking.

not impressed at all.

but Im not sure what my recommendation is!

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