The Rear Trailing Arm Bushes in my Rangie are flogged out.

Has anyone tried mounting wedges or fitting a different style of bush to replace the standard round rubber bush and offset the angle of the bush after a 4" spring lift.


And on the Diff end I was thinking of fitting Poly bushes with steel sleeves to see if they will last a bit longer.:beer: :beer: :skull:

I tried to find some longer lasting bushings when I re-bushed mine, but while all the research I did said that the Polybushes lasted longer, they were all stiffer, including the "soft ones". I ended up with the stockers again, and that was almost three years ago, and I have no slop.

Also, Matt at rockware makes a angled rear arm, but I don't know if it will meet your needs.

my .02

johnny
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Poly reds is what I run. Get tons of flex in the rear and the wear is great. Had them in for four years or so now and still look great. I run the reds donuts on the frame end and the red bushings in the rear control arms. I am well over 4" on my vehicle and have had no noticible problems.

Way

Unlike way I dislike my reds, too stiff, I like shot stockers.

What I would do is bend the arm like rockware's or rovertym's that will eliminate the bushing bind at the frame and also give you some adjustability to your rear pinion angle.

Ron

not sure about the polybushes that you can get over 'there' (US!) but here (UK) the chassis-trailling arm ones are slightly angled down anyway. not by a huge amount (sort of if you have stock suspension then the bush is in line with the trailing arm)

Jamie

I also looked into different options for bushings and found that the stock bushings were the most economic option. Poly bushings don't flex as much but will last longer. Supposedly bushings off of a 97 or newer dodge ram 3/4 ton front radius arm will fit and have more rubber but they don't seem as flexy as the stock ones. Also it is hard to find them because you have to order the entire arm so unless you find a wrecked one they aren't cheap and I don't think they'd work as well, but an option. Lots of jeep guys are running these with lots of success.
-ben

one of the things I've seen done is to put the rear bushings on a lathe and actually turn a groove into the rear bushings on both sides of the triangular shaped plate. Seems to work ok, I have no personal experience with that.

I have tried OME's and went back to stock.

I have not had the longevity with my bushings that others have reported here, but I don't mind changing them. Seems like it's usually a piggyback job on top of something else.

Rubber rocks!

Michael