I think you're talking about the bushes on the hub not the actual wishbone/control arms themselves?
You're absolutely right about the lower bush being a pain as the dustguard gets in the way - what I've done (both sides) to overcome this was...
Yerrrrhhhh...... I think since I posted this earlier I've had a bit of a sense check due to just those reasons! I also had a quote in to shot blast and hot dip and it came in well over £1500 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If it looks in reasonable condition and the bushes are OK, I wouldn't bother - you'd be creating pain for yourself with the exhaust, propshaft, rear differential, park brake module etc. If the bushes are getting slack or torn, then absolutely...
OK, so some of you have been tuned in that I've ended up with a bit of a project on my hands that has......grown. 2004 Vogue 4.4p which is in otherwise great condition, have had to strip out a lot of the rear end already to swap out air pistons...
If I was in any doubt before that it needed doing.... I'm unsure how I didn't spot this on the first inspection!!
The lower arm is fine though and came out a lot easier than I was bracing myself for.
Knowledge you can gain knowledge from here (like I'm doing!) but without a garage or tools it's pretty useless, sorry to say. It's easy and cheap enough to swap out a sensor - that's just take the wheel off to get to it and a couple of small...
What - you mean a shiny new hole and not an old rusty one??! 🤣
But yes, absolutely agree. In fact, now I come to think of it, have a look up ^^ at my first pic - does that not look like it could well have been some careless chopping out of a...
Because of not having the benefit of a lift, I've decided to take the brave route of removing the lower wishbone entirely as theoretically that looks just like three main bolts which are easy-ish to get to. Once that's out of the way then I'll...
I've only ever done it on a lift, which helps massively as you're always able to be at the right height / angle.
Not my photo, but hopefully it'll help
Make the cuts shown in white first, to gain access to the bushes - use a plasma cutter or a...
OK...... I'm actually looking at this properly for the first time, having gotten the replacement over the weekend. How the heck do you actually get access to the thing to do it?! Currently debating on dropping the outside of the lower arm out...
Or before you start measure from the hub centre to the wheel arch then jack the hub up to normal road height and tighten it with the wheel off. Assuming you're doing this on the drive and not on a 2/4 post lift.
Does anyone have (does one even exist?!) a fairly comprehensive list of the correct torque values for re-tightening? You occasionally find values for specific items mentioned or maybe on a YouTube but I can't seem to find anywhere that those...
I've done a few of those, not too bad a job if you have a reciprocating saw to cut through the old arm so you can get to the inner mountings - which side is it? I have a genuine nearside one I could sell for a very good price... You'll also need...
The sub frame seems OK, as also is most of it in general - one thing it seems the PO did do was be generous with the wax oil, it just seems that this bit got missed - this is OSR, NSR was nothing like this and was fine. I’m doing all the bushes...
Be an idea to put which Range Rover it is at the start of each new thread.
Think a lot of people will just pass the post by without looking at your post history to find that out.
2004 4.4p
I've noticed that there's a lot of rust and air where there should be metal around the hub knuckle and thinking this might be an issue (and not helpful for camber alignment either). As I'm replacing all the hub bushes, air bag and...
Went to remove driveshaft and hub (bush that just WILL.NOT.COME.OUT...) to discover that of the six bolts holding it, one was a few mm loose and undid by hand very easily, two more undid by hand and the other three only needed the tiniest of...
The site is very handy to have bookmarked it gives the part numbers for ref. forget the language
I goggle in English ;).
As for the size of the washer I cant remember but it just needs to be bigger than the hole the screw goes through.
Dont...
That's the one!! If only I'd thought to google in a different language.....
I'm going to assume it's a large penny/repair sized washer. I'll try to get a pair in Stainless Steel from a local merchant.
Cheers!