Panhard Bushings

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Unfortunately, my D1 needs panhard bushings. No local parts store seems to carry them leaving the only option to order them. Before I pull the trigger I was curious if there is possibly bushings the big auto part chain stores carry for another vehicle that would fit the Discovery 1?
 
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There are many options for ordering them. And it is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to order them from, say, Atlantic British than to poke around trying to find a match. Your time is your money.
 
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p m said:
There are many options for ordering them. And it is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to order them from, say, Atlantic British than to poke around trying to find a match. Your time is your money.
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Thanks. I almost ordered them from Atlantic last night. I'll do that for sure today then.
 
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Don't know if you really need a press - I did mine with a long grade 10 bolt, flanged nut, a stack of washers and a couple of sockets.
 
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Finally got to knock this out today. Harbor Freight had their 12 ton shop press on sale for $99 and I popped on it. Knocked the job out in about an hour after that.
 
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Same here, tired of beating, burning, or contorting, getting too old to be that physical, especially when I just keep buying useful tools. Wife complains little, cheaper than dealer.
 
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D Chapman said:
When I popped my front radius arm bushing out to replace then, the PSI gauge on the press saw 32,000psi before they snapped loose. That's a lot of hammering.
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It is ridiculously easy to remove an old radius arm bushing from the arm - drill out the rubber, and collapse the thin outer sleeve with a flathead screwdriver and a hammer. You are peeling sheet steel off the wall, rather than trying to shear all that rust with the press.
 
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p m said:
It is ridiculously easy to remove an old radius arm bushing from the arm - drill out the rubber, and collapse the thin outer sleeve with a flathead screwdriver and a hammer. You are peeling sheet steel off the wall, rather than trying to shear all that rust with the press.
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A press is the only way to go IMO.
Maybe getting the old bushings out through destruction is "easy" but putting the new ones in without destruction won't be. Sure it can be done, but why not use the proper tool for the job?
 
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fishEH said:
A press is the only way to go IMO.
Maybe getting the old bushings out through destruction is "easy" but putting the new ones in without destruction won't be. Sure it can be done, but why not use the proper tool for the job?
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Putting new bushings in is a piece of cake. Never an issue. Clean up the hole and run a coat of lube around it.

I assume you can get on that soapbox of a "proper tool for the job," but the reality is that the trucks where these bushings have been replaced are probably in low dozens. Whenever it is your truck or somebody else's on the trip with you, are you going to carry a 12-ton press?
 
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Much easier to carry a long grade 8 fine thread bolt, nut, washer, large socket, and a couple wrenches. Basically a portable press.
 
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