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bob neville



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Series III owner need help.
Not strictly Defender but almost !

Guy who works for me is rebuilding a Series III. It has parabolic springs front and rear and needs new bushes.
Fronts are fine, he took the springs to Devon4x4 and they supplied new bushes however the rears are not a standard size.
Devon tried all their suppliers, including Britpart and Bearmach without success. He has contacted Rocky Mountain but still no joy.
RM have seen the size before but have no idea if the people looking for the bushes ever found a source.

The size is Outside dia 35.3 MM, Inside Dia 14mm and Length 63.4mm.

Does anybody have any names of suppliers that he can try before resorting to getting them specially made ?

Google fails to locate anything of this size.

Thanks in advance

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LRSeries are very helpful. Good web site and loads of stock.
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bob neville



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Thanks. Tried them only standard sizes.

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Laurie



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Try the OLLR forum.
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bob neville



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Couldn't see anything on there but I will get him to register and ask.

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Re: Series III owner need help.
bob neville wrote:
Not strictly Defender but almost !

Guy who works for me is rebuilding a Series III. It has parabolic springs front and rear and needs new bushes.
Fronts are fine, he took the springs to Devon4x4 and they supplied new bushes however the rears are not a standard size.
Devon tried all their suppliers, including Britpart and Bearmach without success. He has contacted Rocky Mountain but still no joy.
RM have seen the size before but have no idea if the people looking for the bushes ever found a source.

The size is Outside dia 35.3 MM, Inside Dia 14mm and Length 63.4mm.

Does anybody have any names of suppliers that he can try before resorting to getting them specially made ?

Google fails to locate anything of this size.

Thanks in advance

Bob


I can confirm bushes for RM parabolics is a common issue.... friends of mine asked RM themselves to get new ones.
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bob neville



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Thanks for all the help Thumbs Up

Some useful places to try.

Also trying DLR (Dunsfold).

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Re: Series III owner need help.
Molusk wrote:
bob neville wrote:
Not strictly Defender but almost !

Guy who works for me is rebuilding a Series III. It has parabolic springs front and rear and needs new bushes.
Fronts are fine, he took the springs to Devon4x4 and they supplied new bushes however the rears are not a standard size.
Devon tried all their suppliers, including Britpart and Bearmach without success. He has contacted Rocky Mountain but still no joy.
RM have seen the size before but have no idea if the people looking for the bushes ever found a source.

The size is Outside dia 35.3 MM, Inside Dia 14mm and Length 63.4mm.

Does anybody have any names of suppliers that he can try before resorting to getting them specially made ?

Google fails to locate anything of this size.

Thanks in advance

Bob


I can confirm bushes for RM parabolics is a common issue.... friends of mine asked RM themselves to get new ones.


Put RM's on my Series 2, they supplied the bushes, no problems Confused
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If the standard bushes are too small, then could you not get a spacer tube made to fit over a standard bush?

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bob neville



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GarethR wrote:
If the standard bushes are too small, then could you not get a spacer tube made to fit over a standard bush?

(If the standards are too big then I'll get me coat Laughing )


Good idea Thumbs Up

Standards are too small so this may work.

Another option is to get new springs, seems a shame as the springs are perfect just the bushes that are shot.

He also keeps telling me that I don't pay him a decent salary so he can't afford new springs Rolling with laughter

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