Bigwood Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hi Folks, I am about to re-bush my Disco so I aquired a pair of front arms so I could have them ready to fit, cant have the tug off the road for long. Bought the bushes and fitted them no problem so far. Now comes the but and err bit. The bushes fit ok in all the holes and the chassis end of the arm but now I realise the threaded bit is a smaller thread than the ones fitted to my tug. As the bushes seem ok is it just a matter of thread sizes. Any clues would be aprieciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwood Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hi Folks, I am about to re-bush my Disco so I aquired a pair of front arms so I could have them ready to fit, cant have the tug off the road for long. Bought the bushes and fitted them no problem so far. Now comes the but and err bit. The bushes fit ok in all the holes and the chassis end of the arm but now I realise the threaded bit is a smaller thread than the ones fitted to my tug. As the bushes seem ok is it just a matter of thread sizes. Any clues would be aprieciated. I think I have found the clue to the ridle of the strange threads on my arms. I contacted the owner of the origional vehicle these arms came off. He says he bough the vehicle from an inporter that said it had new arms because the bushes were shot. These are after market arms fitted in Southern Ireland. Strange why new arms not bushes but I supose they should be ok as they were on the vehicle for nearly ten years. If they are different I will find out this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyWinny Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hello, I have always understood that later front radius arms are slightly smaller than the earlier ones although that was at the axle end - no idea about the thread. Whether this is a 200tdi/300tdi thing or not I don't know. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong... Regards MW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What you'll probably find is the earlier disco's, 90's and 110's used a bolt 9/16ths diameter.. the newer ones use an M14 bolt. the difference is approx .3 of a mm diameter which doesnt sound much, but would be plenty to give you some dodgy handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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