NS & NT rear diff rear bushes

[draganlada]

Recently my front suspension arms bushes were replaced with superpro ones as my mechanic could not find supplier for rubber ones ( mitsubishi is selling complete arm only at $ 500- each) Now I'm not happy with the ride,to stiff,road noise increased,steering to sensitive and car feels anything front tyre touches ...
It cost me $ 900- supplied and fitted but if I can source new rubber bushes I'll change them over to get my conffy ride back again.

[kiwi1973]

Recently my front suspension arms bushes were replaced with superpro ones as my mechanic could not find supplier for rubber ones ( mitsubishi is selling complete arm only at $ 500- each) Now I'm not happy with the ride,to stiff,road noise increased,steering to sensitive and car feels anything front tyre touches ...
It cost me $ 900- supplied and fitted but if I can source new rubber bushes I'll change them over to get my conffy ride back again.

Whilst it's quite right to look for alternatives to Mitsubishi's complete arm's at $500 each, it's not remotely credible that the mechanic couldn't find a supplier for aftermarket rubber bushes to fit. I'm not at all doubting you were told that, just that your mechanic surely had other reasons/incentives for not tracking down some rubber bushes, which would have been readily available from a number of suppliers. It may have been he couldn't be bothered taking precise measurements in order to identify a match, or perhaps he simply gets a fatter margin on the more expensive superpro product.

[tommo123]

my mechanic could not find supplier for rubber ones .

Febest sell rubber bushs via ebay. Good prices too.

[talltim40]

Any ideas or tips on removing the rear drive shaft from the Diff? I've undone all the bolts but shes not budging!
Does it help to have the car lifted off the ground to spin the shaft at all? Driving me nuts!
Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

[PradoEater]

Have you taken all bolts off for sure? I think there may be 6 or more. We're are talking about the rear prop shaft?

[Hatto]

It does just pull off. I had to get a flat screwdriver in the joint and once I did that it was easy. Note, there was a bit of corrosion in there sticking the two bits together. Good luck.

[talltim40]

Yeah I've got all 6 off. Just can't separate it! Hit a few times with a mallet but dont want to do any damage.

Do I need to have the diff pulled back somehow?

[PradoEater]

Nope shaft should move with the diff in place, from memory shaft has like a locating guide similar to the wheel hubs for the wheels. I can imagine this a bit corroded and giving you grief now. Try the above idea with screw driver, make sure you put locating marks for when you outing it back.

May I ask what's the reason for removing the shaft? You don't have broken rear diff do you

[PradoEater]

Here's a pic from the diff you may just see the rust and that ring or locating bit thingy

[talltim40]

Sweet, thanks all! I'll give that a go.
Trying to follow the OP instructions to get the bushes out, but I'm keen to do both back and front, 4 in total. I've ordered a new bolt for the Bush as dropping the fuel tank seems like way to much work and stuffing around to get the bolt out. Any massive objection to cutting the bolt and putting a new one in the other way around?
@PradoEater not at this stage, see how it plays out I guess...

Cheers!

[PradoEater]

good luck mate also maybe spray some wd or some sort of penetrator overnight may help you.

[ItsAllNew]

Sweet, thanks all! I'll give that a go.
Trying to follow the OP instructions to get the bushes out, but I'm keen to do both back and front, 4 in total. I've ordered a new bolt for the Bush as dropping the fuel tank seems like way to much work and stuffing around to get the bolt out. Any massive objection to cutting the bolt and putting a new one in the other way around?
@PradoEater not at this stage, see how it plays out I guess...

Cheers!

I've just undone mine last weekend.. once all bolts were undone mine separated easily.. but they are a close fit so corrosion will cause it to stick..

We went with the bolt cut on right front mount to avoid removal of tank. Or was almost full.. front mount bushes burnt out and replaced with nolathane ones. Rears to do tomorrow. Second attempt as first caused 16mm threaded bar to strip.

Getting high tensile bolt today..



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[talltim40]

I've ordered the bolt from MMA but have to get it from Japan (4 wk delay), so gonna wait until that arrives to give the whole thing a go. Where did you get the bolt from?

[kiwi1973]

It's not that difficult to drop the fuel tank to access the bolt. Fuel tank just needs to be lowered on a jack rather than fully removed. Also, you may find that the front bushes are still fine long after the rear diff bushes are shot, though admittedly not easy to tell until that front member is removed for inspection. I strongly advise fitting rubber bushes and avoiding nolathane type products if possible, especially on a 4wd. But that's just my opinion.

[PradoEater]

Guys which bolt are we talking about here? I had no issues accessing any of the bolts to remove the rear diff, on my car bolts went from bottom up and nut was on top of diff.
I used the Mitsubishi rubber bushes rear ones that is front looked ok on mine. I nolataned rest of the car yes they are stiffer but easier to replace