Track Rod and Drag Link assembly change

Hello there Gents

I changed my front tyres the other day and the drivers side one was bald on the inside. I went to do the tracking but the guy there told me that the whole thing is seized and I will have to change the track rod with the ernds too. I am thinkg to change the track rod with the ends and the drag assembly too. Is it a job too big to on my own? Any points I should be carefull with? Your advise is always welcome.

Just follow the info in a workshop manual, Haynes or LR Rave and u can't go wrong.

May be I should invest on a manual first

cm246 said:

May be I should invest on a manual first

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I would think so if you have never done it before, the only difficult bit is cracking the rusty joints to enable u to drop the rods to the ground and manuals don't tell u how to do that, anyway this link will start u off. http://www.landy.pl/LandRoverDiscoveryWorkshop1995-1996.pdf

Assuming u have a D1

Pfft, manual!! Get a balljoint splitter and a big hammer. Dont try reuse the trackrod or draglink as they'll most likely be seized. Its less than an hours work in total.


Also, be carefull when braying the balljoint out of the steering box arm as i managed to knack a seal on the steering box when meant a box change