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ericvv



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Rear suspension bushes
Yesterday at the tire fitters I took a picture of one of my rear suspension bushes. Picture was taken when truck was lifted off the ground.
Is there some play visible, or is that just normal? Truck has done 74k km, zero off-road, so all gentle road driving, 99% none or light loads.
Do I need to do something here, or leave it as is? Thanks advise.
Eric


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Post #415292 11th Apr 2015 4:18am
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munch90



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most bushes will some a small gap like that when jacked up , weight of axle + spring pushing down hanging on the shocker top mount pulling on rubber bushes

as long as there is no play in the bushes when sitting back on its wheels , should be fine

gap will show if jacked on chassis , so axle hanging free

if gaps or movement when sitting on wheels or jacked under axle then bushes are worn
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ericvv



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Thanks Munch for that advise. Now that the truck is back on its feet, I have tried to rock the shock in all directions and can only make the protectiv cover which seems around the shock move a bit. Zero movement of the shock itself on the bushes.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
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Post #415330 11th Apr 2015 9:09am
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custom90



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Put your hand on it, rock the body and see how it feels. If it feels solid it's fine.
If there is any sort of tap or movement you can feel it's going.
I usually find the OS usually gets worse first
Post #415334 11th Apr 2015 9:30am
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ericvv



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Steve, so I used a voluntary SVX rocker..... Madame herself. Laughing
All feels solid like concrete down at those bushes on both sides, nothing moves or taps at all.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
Post #415345 11th Apr 2015 10:07am
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Anderzander



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Eric

Did you rock the body or the body of the shock ..... ? It's the shock body you want to move.
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nitram17



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Re: Rear suspension bushes
ericvv wrote:
Yesterday at the tire fitters I took a picture of one of my rear suspension bushes. Picture was taken when truck was lifted off the ground.
Is there some play visible, or is that just normal? Truck has done 74k km, zero off-road, so all gentle road driving, 99% none or light loads.
Do I need to do something here, or leave it as is? Thanks advise.
Eric


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Eric what paint is on your chassis.......looks good is it oem or aftermarket?
Post #415373 11th Apr 2015 11:41am
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ericvv



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Anderzander wrote:
Eric

Did you rock the body or the body of the shock ..... ? It's the shock body you want to move.


Madame rocked the truck itself while I was feeling the top of the shock to feel possible movement. But I myself tried to rock the top of the shock, and no movement at all there either...

Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
Post #415385 11th Apr 2015 12:52pm
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ericvv



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Re: Rear suspension bushes
nitram17 wrote:
ericvv wrote:
Yesterday at the tire fitters I took a picture of one of my rear suspension bushes. Picture was taken when truck was lifted off the ground.
Is there some play visible, or is that just normal? Truck has done 74k km, zero off-road, so all gentle road driving, 99% none or light loads.
Do I need to do something here, or leave it as is? Thanks advise.
Eric


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Eric what paint is on your chassis.......looks good is it oem or aftermarket?


As to paint, only the standard paint from Land Rover. What you see is the Dinitrol. After 3 years it still looks about the same as when it was newly sprayed on as per below picture. Dinitrol will be redone this spring by the way.


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Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
Post #415387 11th Apr 2015 12:56pm
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nitram17



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Thumbs Up Thumbs Up for dino juice...........if you look at some of your welds in your picture....mine had rust on there from day one ! I have used bilt ham stuff ..you can still see the rust underneath but has not got any worse!I dread to think what inside the chassis looks like!
Post #415648 12th Apr 2015 10:48am
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custom90



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Sounds like there is no problem there then, believe me you'd tell from the movement if there was. Thumbs Up
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ericvv



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nitram17 wrote:
Thumbs Up Thumbs Up for dino juice...........if you look at some of your welds in your picture....mine had rust on there from day one ! I have used bilt ham stuff ..you can still see the rust underneath but has not got any worse!I dread to think what inside the chassis looks like!



Euuuh... Dino juice? And what's with my welds? Confused Must be my limited English I guess if I don't fully get the message. Wink
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
Post #415680 12th Apr 2015 12:55pm
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nitram17



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Sorry for the late reply eric............ I had not noticed your comment...Dino is short for dinitrol and I was commenting on the great quality of welds on your chassis attaching ancillary items...........mine were covered in surface rust..........yours look great and i think my chassis must have been outside in the rain before assembly. .............................They also had a nerve to put a checked/pass sticker on it! Twisted Evil


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