[Jimny_No_Power]

Rear axle end Radius arm bushes are split, I've only got OEM chassis end bushes, any one tried fitting the solid ones on the rear axle end?

M15A, HD clutch and 29" tyres so they'll cop a bit more stress the stock

[Scrawny]

Radius arms are in the front. Upper and lower control arms are in the rear.

[Jimny_No_Power]

We are both talking about a Jimny?

[Scrawny]

Jimny_No_Power wrote:

We are both talking about a Jimny?

Anything with coil springs

What is it you're trying to find out?

[Jimny_No_Power]

There is only one arm each side, so no uppper/lower, though I know the setup you mean.

The arm bushes at the chassis end are solid, the axle ends aren't. What are people's thoughts on fitting solid bushes at the axle ends as well?

[Dan`]

Scrawn aka Skinny wrote:

Radius arms are in the front. Upper and lower control arms are in the rear.

whats the things front and rear in a coily sierra called? arent they radius arms?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius_rod


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_arm

[Dan`]

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What are people's thoughts on fitting solid bushes at the axle ends as well?

in race/road cars i love solid mounting/rose jointing everything, in an offroad vehicle which is subject to a lot more shock forces (bouncing over things, up things, off things etc) the compliance in the rubber stops metal things cracking/breaking ie diff housings and chassis mount points.

[Scrawny]

I've had my head under too many Landcruisers.

A lot of the flex you get out of suspension comes from the flex in the bushes. Solid bushes are probably going to limit flex somewhat

[Dan`]

finally found a decient pic of the difference between radius arms vs upper/lower control arms aka 5 link

my googlefu was letting me down 2nite.

[31zook]

PM Bruce! He makes good bushes

[31zook]

Plus with a radius arm rear end they do allot more then the average suspension bush. Controlling M15 lanuches, then being soft enough to flex and then combining a little bit of roll stiffness. This is spread over 4 close together bushes. Where as 80/most other coil bootys are 8 really spread apart bushes.

They wear quickly is what im saying

[Jimny_No_Power]

Dan` wrote:

in race/road cars i love solid mounting/rose jointing everything, in an offroad vehicle which is subject to a lot more shock forces (bouncing over things, up things, off things etc) the compliance in the rubber stops metal things cracking/breaking ie diff housings and chassis mount points.

Cheers mate, that's what I was thinking.
Had a 306 GTI6 before the Jimny which ate lower control arm bushes every few months. Upgraded them and the strut bearings and ball joints became the weak links ><

[Dan`]

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Cheers mate

any time

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Had a 306 GTI6

oh, your one of THOSE guys? used to have a mate who loved his mi16's, crazy fanatical about them.

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_________ became the weak links ><

catch cry of the vehicle modder? i think everyone gets stuck in one of those loops eventually.

[THE_DICTATOR]

31zook wrote:

They wear quickly is what im saying

Mine have done 40000km and been pressed into 3 different radius arms, still work as they should.

[greenzook89]

THE_DICTATOR wrote:

31zook wrote:

They wear quickly is what im saying

Mine have done 40000km and been pressed into 3 different radius arms, still work as they should.

Mine are 225xxx old... nice and pliable now

[Jimny_No_Power]

Dan` wrote:

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Had a 306 GTI6

oh, your one of THOSE guys? used to have a mate who loved his mi16's, crazy fanatical about them.

Nice... though never a fan of the 405. Had 205 GTI before the GTI-6.

I liked the 205 GTI more, it kept trying to kill me and made my girlfriend cry.

[Dan`]

Jimny_No_Power wrote:

Nice... though never a fan of the 405. Had 205 GTI before the GTI-6.
I liked the 205 GTI more, it kept trying to kill me and made my girlfriend cry.

hahaha not sure if thats a good thing or not.... but damn well exciting