So the rubber in the discovery is 23 years old (happy birthday?) and it’s time to replace most of it. The rubber is old and cracked, sometimes even in half.
I’ve gone out and gotten new urethane bushings, which should help quite a bit. They of course are yellow to match the truck. Installing them turned out to be quite the annoyance, until I found out the trick.
One big giant c clamp. The trick is to take the bushing, add lots of lube (in the form of synthetic axle grease and then stick the first bolt in, barely tight, but enough to grab over the retainer, and then use the c-clamp to the the side of the bushing to crush into the spot. I used the c-clamp on the side where the bushing is split, and then tightened the clamp down until the retainer touched the metal. Then I could tighten the other side.
add in the pile of tools, and the installation becomes easy.