Disco 2 Replacing Discovery 2 roof rail gaskets

Andy Warren · Jul 3, 2021

Keith_L said:
Replacement gasket arrived from Land Rover. Exactly the same as the one before i.e. for the other side. The parts man was very apologetic, took photos of the wrong item, the old one that came off and the roof rail itself. He said he will e-mail Land Rover and request a stock check. He'll let me know, but he's not holding his breath.
Worse case I can use the wrong one - remove the glue that is there somehow, turn it over and glue the other side with impact adhesive or something. I assume the glue is just there to stop the gasket moving during installation and serves no longer term purpose.
Oh yes, and the Sika Flex I bought the other day has a use by date of Jan 2021. I'm doomed at the moment.

Frustrating or what. I ended up with two wrong gaskets (the same) I'll have a look for them & if by any chance it's what you need your welcome to them, what side & position do you need again ?

Keith_L · Jul 3, 2021

That's kind of you. I'm missing back right - CAJ000020. The photo is glue side up i.e the way it would sit on the car.

Keith_L · Aug 11, 2021

I finally got this job sorted. I bought a pair of second hand roof rails and overcame the missing gasket issue by buying the equivalent one for the other side, removing the sticky and putting my own sticky the other side using 3M Adhesive Transfer Tape. This time the bolts all torqued up nicely to 24 lb.ft except one. Maybe I haven't gone far enough but it felt a little bit like last time so I didn't push my luck.

I have also attached an idiot's guide to the different gaskets as I was getting very confused and it may help someone else in the future.

Disco 2 Replacing Discovery 2 roof rail gaskets

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