Member Since: 19 Nov 2009
Location: Leeds
Posts: 192
rear anti roll bars and rear tie bar replacement
how difficult is it for a novice wannabe to replace the above
I got an advisory in MOT last sept so am looking at getting them done to prevent a failure this year.
cheers
dougWeekends are to short
Egr valves removed
2nd Aug 2014 9:04 pm
bear1009
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: aberdeen
Posts: 214
Very easy should manage to do it all in 2 or 3 hrs if you are a novice tinted windows
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2nd Aug 2014 9:51 pm
Kingmav66
Member Since: 20 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1349
'Tie-bars', if these are what I think are drop-links, then they're dead easy
Anti-roll bar bushes are pretty straight forward. Just be prepared to undo the nuts an 1/8th of a turn at a time with a spanner
2nd Aug 2014 10:53 pm
jg7
Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Qld
Posts: 8
I replaced rear ARB bushes last month. Could not even get 1/8 turn on the spanner so took an extra 10 mins to loosen off the body mounting bolts and jack up the body one side at a time, just forward of the rear wheel arch, to give plenty of clearance to get at the ARB bolts and brackets.
I undid the 4 mounting bolts from the rear silencer forward to the front wheel arch.
The mounting bolts are long with plenty of thread so they can just be loosened to allow a few inches of lift without springing the body completely free of the chassis.
It was well worth the effort, the new bushes eliminated all of the rear end rattles.
6th Aug 2014 2:20 pm
bigtam64
Member Since: 19 Nov 2009
Location: Leeds
Posts: 192
Cheers guys
I am just sorting out some advisories on
Last years MOT for a bit of movement on the pin bushes
So am I right in assuming I just need to replace the bushes
Themselves.
Am taking the car down to my brothers in wales
To do the work as he is a better mechanic than me
Just want to take the right bits with meWeekends are to short
Egr valves removed
7th Aug 2014 5:55 pm
Barn1e D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
Are you sure it is the drop links that the MOT picked up on the advisory. Mine picked out the panhard rods as advisory's, two years running. I actually think there is nothing wrong. As FH posted in this link, LR seem to have had this question posed in the past and tried to clarify:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic115236.html See second entry2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
7th Aug 2014 6:19 pm
bigtam64
Member Since: 19 Nov 2009
Location: Leeds
Posts: 192
decided to wait till mot in Oct and see what they pick up this year
gonna do the compressor this month
cheers for all the comments
DougWeekends are to short
Egr valves removed
9th Aug 2014 8:07 pm
HughMartin
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 751
Thanks to jg7's suggestion four posts above of loosening off the body/chassis bolts and lifting the body slightly to give extra room, I have managed to change my rear ARB bushes having well and truly knackered the bolt heads with previous attempts. The extra 2cms allows a decent sized socket and bar to get onto the bolt heads. They are 13mm heads but having rounded the bolt heads, I used a 1/2" 6 point socket which did the job. Having put the socket and bar onto the bolt, I lowered the body back down slightly to keep the socket well and truly on the bolt until I managed to get it moving.
Big thanks to jg7.
HM
18th Aug 2014 8:07 pm
lord gary Powell
Member Since: 06 Dec 2015
Location: windsor
Posts: 4
rear anti roll bar
A quick post from a newbie, would like to add to this forum as its been a real help to myself.
I have just acquired a 54 plate S manual. cheap as everything that goes wrong, is wrong.
Started the transformation with the anti roll bar bushes, mine were really bad and you could see daylight through the rears.
Got all the parts through advanced factors. very good service. all parts very good quality if not genuine landrover.
Rears were a tale of two woes. N/S was very easy to change, both bolts removed with ease and bush removed.
O/S was a different story, both bolts rounded off with first touch with the spanner.
the front bolt isnt too bad to remove in this case, from beneath i started with a 2 mm drill and drilled it out, being very careful to in the center. increasing in drill size 1mm at a time until i got to 8mm.
at this point the bolt was so distressed it was easy to remove with a 12mm spanner forced over the head. 12mins max and a great relief.
rear bolt is much more difficult as its in a box section, so no access for the drill.
after making metal plates to protect the cables and fuel lines that run close to the area , heat was applied via a needle flame blowtorch then immediately cooled with a co2 fire extinguisher.
did this a couple of times and the bolt became loose.wd40 and time got it removed.
please be careful if you use this technique.
everything was then replaced but i had to use the original brackets as the ones supplied by advanced factors dont fit, they are looking into this.
front was easier, as per the many write ups on this thread. But i didnt have to remove the fuel cooler. Loads of room so no idea why others struggle. Also i didnt remove the N/S cross member but loosened the front diff support to gain access. Very easy.
What i would recommend is do not by just bushes for the front, replace the whole bar which comes with new bushes and brackets. £66+ vat from land rover and very easy to replace.
i also change all the drop links. Rear was easy , fronts needed an attack with the angle grinder but none was difficult.
All i used was hand tools, mainly halfords pro socket set and a long bar for leverage, nothing from work so no cheating.
hope this helps someone.
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