BruceS wrote:That shocky looks like it should 'clamp' the rubbers in the top and bottom? If so it might hammer those rubbers out pretty quickly.
It doesn't look like it's full width of that top bolt? -snip
Nicely spotted Bruce, yes its been a bit of a drama finding bushes. Original ones are VERY expensive but do come with a free shock absorber
The replacements are polyurathane, a lot tougher, part of a kit with steel bushes for another vehicle, but supplied individually if you ask the Supapro factory nicely. They kinda float around on the top mounts but are kept in reasonable alignment by the bottom mounts.
The axle assembly is held in place by Pittman (?) arms so it can't go anywhere -the shocks are allowed to move about. Its all heavy overkill for the current use, GVM 21.5 whilst the full mass as a motorhome will probably only go 10 or 12- but I will keep an eye on them for a while to be sure.