Disco bits and bobs

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Dom J

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• Apr 6, 2006

• #1

A-frame Ball joint on an M reg Disco V8, how easy is this to change??.

Next question may sound a bit daft but bear with me.......

On the bottom of the front springs, should they be flat or does the end
of the coil stick out. Looked in book for Range Rover and it shows the
spring end as flat.

Dom J

 

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Nige

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• Apr 6, 2006

• #2

Dom J wrote:
> A-frame Ball joint on an M reg Disco V8, how easy is this to change??.
>
> Next question may sound a bit daft but bear with me.......
>
> On the bottom of the front springs, should they be flat or does the
> end of the coil stick out. Looked in book for Range Rover and it
> shows the spring end as flat.
>
> Dom J

Every road spring i have ever changed has a ground off seating flange at the top & bottom. Sounds like a
snapped coil?
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Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)
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• Apr 6, 2006

• #3

Dom J wrote:

> A-frame Ball joint on an M reg Disco V8, how easy is this to change??.

Depends if it's well stuck in or not, look here:

http://www.landyonline.co.za/techtalk/a_frame_ball_joint.htm

I agree with Nige that it sounds like your spring may have snapped at
the end and someone removed the other snapped bit? Post a pic of it
perhaps?

Regards

William MacLeod

 

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Si Kellow

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• Apr 7, 2006

• #4

"Dom J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> A-frame Ball joint on an M reg Disco V8, how easy is this to change??.
>

if its anything like a K plate rangie, its a bitch to get off, you
definitely need the services of the local garage for their hydraulic press.

I know my old local garage (Wolston nr Coventry) started doing an exchange
service, so you took the casting to them, and bought a new ball joint, and
they grabbed one that was already fitted in the casting off the shelf.

Si