What did you do with your Range Rover today

Just do one at a time and refit it. Seen a few bugger things up take both off don’t line up right after.

tomcat59alan said:

It was but a Bastid of a job,I went for poly the second time,just for the axle end bushes,I never felt any difference. Make sure you get new nuts and bolts the old ones may be seized to the bush inner sleeve and have to be cut off.

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What polys? I was thinking of those Merkin ones who's name slips my mind at the mo, proflex? Used them on my tratter pan hard rod and was impressed thus far, pricey though.

Superpro

You guys are all mad

Insist of having air springs due to the ‘extreme comfort’ of slamming it to floor with the touch of a button, then swap all bushes with hard squeaky bits

RangeRoller dt said:

You guys are all mad

Insist of having air springs due to the ‘extreme comfort’ of slamming it to floor with the touch of a button, then swap all bushes with hard squeaky bits

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Only the anti "tipping building" bar bushes

Nearly finished... Just got to take this bugger back to its owner and I'm done... Then shopping and dropping by the hospital to see Mrs Piercy and give her some clothes and stuff.

RangeRoller dt said:

You guys are all mad

Insist of having air springs due to the ‘extreme comfort’ of slamming it to floor with the touch of a button, then swap all bushes with hard squeaky bits

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Oh Jack reread my post,I said only the axle end bushes of the radius arms not ALL.

RangeRoller dt said:

You guys are all mad

Insist of having air springs due to the ‘extreme comfort’ of slamming it to floor with the touch of a button, then swap all bushes with hard squeaky bits

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'one' wishes to 'waft' along not bounce like a tratterer..




Peasant

Kin'ell still trying to get the radius arm off

kermit_rr said:

Kin'ell still trying to get the radius arm off

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On me tratter, slitting disc in a grinder between axle bracket and bush, is that possible on a 38?

Flossie said:

On me tratter, slitting disc in a grinder between axle bracket and bush, is that possible on a 38?

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That's not the issue, getting the nut off the rear is problematic!!

Oh and when nyloc say nuts are multi use.. bollox!!

kermit_rr said:

Kin'ell still trying to get the radius arm off

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That's why new nuts and bolts. Just grind the sods off. After 20 years everything will be solid.

Are the nuts standard metric or, like me tratter, unf stuff here and there?

Grrrrrr said:

That's why new nuts and bolts. Just grind the sods off. After 20 years everything will be solid.

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Flossie said:

Are the nuts standard metric or, like me tratter, unf stuff here and there?

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I used a metric socket and an AF spanner (because it was longer)
Didn't like the idea of cutting the nut off for fear of damaging the thread on the radius arm!! Plus i didn't see any nuts on the island website so they need to be reused at least for now. Got some thread lock until i get new nuts

Finally got the radius arm off! Hurrah!! Now to try and get the old bushes out.

Really not looking forward to doing the other side! I'm any case that will now have to be next weekend at the earliest!

Flossie said:

On me tratter, slitting disc in a grinder between axle bracket and bush, is that possible on a 38?

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Yup, personally I used a reciprocating hacksaw.

kermit_rr said:

That's not the issue, getting the nut off the rear is problematic!!

Oh and when nyloc say nuts are multi use.. bollox!!

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Good clean up with a wire brush, plenty of penetrating oil,the correct socket and a long cracker bar, taught mine who was the daddy.

tomcat59alan said:

Good clean up with a wire brush, plenty of penetrating oil,the correct socket and a long cracker bar, taught mine who was the daddy.

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I've got a 3 foot breaker which i refer to as the Boss plus a few rather long spanners. Still effing tight right up to the last half turn of the thread. Stopped for a breather when the spanner got warm

kermit_rr said:

I've got a 3 foot breaker which i refer to as the Boss plus a few rather long spanners. Still effing right right up to the last half turn of the thread. Stopped for a breather when the spanner got warm

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That's your problem, don't stop when the nuts hot it'll cool and get a grip of the thread again.

tomcat59alan said:

That's your problem, down stop when the nuts hot it'll cool and get a grip of the thread again.

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Haha the spanner was getting uncomfortable