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Paul

The bushes I posted earlier and incorrectly identified on here as lower bushes are in fact upper trunion bushes but an original earlier design
If you're after the flanged and tapered type then Ballingalls have them as well--

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/265810467673?

Just out of interest you mentioned some polly bushes failing, We've had issues with them here as ...

Two fish swimming madly upstream and crash into a block of cement
Fish #1 - ouch what was that
Fish #2 - Oh dam

Do you need to pull the hub from the axle shaft to replace the oil seal? Can't you pull the hub and shaft together, so that you can inspect the condition of the splines on the inner ends of the shafts? Even the slightest trace of twisting there will lead to certain failure.

A factory wire-wheel hub puller screws onto the hub like a spinner, and then a central threaded shaft presses ou...

OK how about.

Albert Einstein was a genius but his brother Frank was a monster.

Rob

Interestingly, in our shopping around we have found two different versions of the wrong one, same dims as each other but clearly different in other respects.

Here's a pair from my NOS QH front suspension kit. Makes me wonder how these things are specified and if anyone does any QA on the resulting product, I think I know the answer to that last point already.

There is one here too, I had a good look at it some 10-20 Yeats back when the body had just finished restoration.

Sigh.
Failed again.
3rd time lucky.

Undoubtedly me! I nodded off before adding them then got confused. 😂
This was the one, but yours is better.

Ah yes, I see what you mean now Paul. They don't look right. I didn't look closely enough.

As you say there should be a definite taper. As in this picture of one of my good used spares.

I can't see your pictures Paul. Is it just me?