Gary Wellington
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- Posts
- 10
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
OK, I joined this site as soon as I acquired a Discovery 2. Since owning the D2 I have changed a front wheel hub, solved a sidelight earth issue, fixed rear door window, adjusted an I'll fitting tailgate, replaced a rear ACE pipe and resolved the 3 Amigos! All this was with the help of this site and my trusty Rave Bible. Alas, the 3 Amigos has returned. My previous encounter with the 3 "A's" required a trip to a garage for a diagnostic (£££s). So this time I read my trusty Rave manual and discovering the wheel speed sensor tolerances are 950-1100 Ohms I set about checking them with a multimeter. The rear offside was out of the tolerance range at 557 Ohms. These checks were done at the rear wheel arch and also SLABS ECU. Now to the point. This rear sensor replacement has been one of my most difficult jobs so far. Why? Because I didn't expect bolts rusted in, brake caliper carrier guide pins truly welded with rust. In fact, every nut, bolt and screw was chewed or rusted to the point of no return. After half a day of sweat, blood and swearing, I managed to remove all. A word of advice, I tried to remove the 13mm double Hex brake caliper carrier with a normal bolt puller. This didn't work. Luckily my neighbour restores old tractors and he offered me the use of a B Bergen kit which worked first time. Anyway the lesson I have learned is to keep a set of bolts and screws for at least one hub and always use the appropriate lube/grease when fitting or refitting parts. See pics of chewed bolts, sheared guide pin (which I had to drill out of the carrier (10mm bit)), disc plate screw which I had to centre punch and of course the Allen nut which was eventually removed with mini mole grips. The Gators for the guide pins were different sizes and the larger doesn't fit correctly so I'm assuming that this is why the pin was rusted into the carrier. I must remember to thank the previous owner.......
