Member Since: 14 Nov 2019
Location: Brixham Devon
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Front lower arms
So I had an advisory on Mot last month for slight play in one lower arm rear bush, the arms are 15000 miles old so is it okay to just change the bush or replace the arm?
I’ve always taken the poly option on my other cars so are they good on LR’s?Steve
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12th Dec 2021 12:33 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13672
Hi
Will be interesting what’s said regarding poly bushes , know I also got an advisory but mine was for the rear lowers , but I intend to change the complete arms on both sides
Wonder how prices compare with poly vs complete arms plus how hard it is to get the bushes out ,don’t know if I’ve got it correct but arnt some of the bushings oil filled , will u have to get a bush extractor or already have one plse , just thought regarding cost if u have to buy more tools
Plus of course the alignment cost
Following with interest , sorry can’t be much help as only replaced the rear uppers with complete arms
Fingers crossed all goes well
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12th Dec 2021 2:21 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13672
Thought I had seen it somewhere with regards to poly and a wishbone splitting
My local MoT place told me a couple of years ago that they'd had a visit from the MoT admins to make sure Disco bushes were being assessed properly as too many places, not them, were failing perfectly good bushes. They should give when tested but then move back when released, if that makes sense..
Dean
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12th Dec 2021 8:51 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
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I changed all my front ones a couple of years ago due to an advisory and the old bushes looked ok.
When they put it on the Mot shaker plates you can see a lot of movement in standard bushes the Meyle Hd are better but still have a lot of movement under load. So it makes sence that a lot are being failed/advised when theres nothing wrong.Andrew
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12th Dec 2021 9:01 am
Devon Z
Member Since: 14 Nov 2019
Location: Brixham Devon
Posts: 239
Thanks for all the replies, food for thought. The other reason for looking at the front bushes is I’ve developed a strange judder under light braking at speeds around 40/50 and not all the time, recent new brakes and O/S wheel bearing. Search on here indicated it my be lower bushes?Steve
*2005 RR Sport 2.7tdv6 HSE. Current project.
*98 Volvo V70R FWD, owned 14 years, future project.
*99 BMW Z3 30k miles owned from new.
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