remove and fit Freelander L series Top Engine upper tie Rod

below is how I did it

This is the one thats broken

Upper tie rod to engine mount KKH101900

You need a 15mm socket small and an open ended spanner long as you have

Theres a support bracket with 4 bolts that connects to the chassis in all four points but also at the top when the bolt goes through the bush, all of the bolts apart from the bottom right you can get with a spanner from the top of the engine bay, the bottom right you can get with a spanner from under the car I didnt need to jack it up to get this loose

the main bolt that goes into the big bush cant come out as it is stopped by timing cover, if you look down there are three other bolts one in the middle and two at the bottom its a triangular type plate

Dont do what i did and take all the bolts out you only need to loosen them to let you remove the big top bolt from the bush

Then remove the other bolt that attaches the tie rod to the actual mount.

It took ten minutes, I nearly started looking at taking off the timing cover and glad i didnt do that but maybe this will be of help to someone.

I thought it was best to remove engine support bolts and jack engine up a little to remove it ?

Arctic2 said:

I thought it was best to remove engine support bolts and jack engine up a little to remove it ?

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That's not necessarily to change the top or bottom tie bars. The engine might need a wiggle to get the bolts out or back in but that's it.

Arctic2 said:

I thought it was best to remove engine support bolts and jack engine up a little to remove it ?

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thats for the hydo mount main mountain like nodge says top and bottom are stabalisers and not holding must weight so as far as I found they were just take of and put back on