Big Stripdown and Weld thread 300tdi

[Chrisw8]

Now then ....

Are these part of the axle or part of the shock.

They’re stuck fast. If I bash them with hammer, will they simply drop off ??

 

[jamesmartin]

Now then ....

Are these part of the axle or part of the shock.

They’re stuck fast. If I bash them with hammer, will they simply drop off ??

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part of the axle,they are spot welded on

 

[Chrisw8]

thanks James......better be careful with my hammer !!

 

[dieseldog69]

thanks James......better be careful with my hammer !!

No, smash them off, they are for special bushes that LR use from the factory, they're a cone shaped bush, the cups are totally unnecessary for regular shock bushes.

 

[Chrisw8]

mmm ..... will leave on till i get my new bushes. if i knock them off, im sure to need them.

not much done past fortnight ...... working

anyways, given a coat of red on the first third bit of axle.

Spent all afternoon getting nuts and bolts off rear trailing arm........bastids !!!

..........so how does it come out ??

If i raise the axle, will the arm drop down and then bash the chassis end to pop it out?

didn't take any pics, i'll take some tomorrow.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

how are yu cleaning the steel?

 

[Chrisw8]

combination of wire wheel twisty things that fit in drill, wire brush, 140 grit paper.

 

[resto_d1]

If unbolted it literally just comes out by massaging with land rover special tool AKA your hammer. Mine are getting dropped in the chimnea over the weekend lol

 

[resto_d1]

could you remind me what red you are using please? I like seeing it all coming together in red lol

 

[Chrisw8]

It’s BondaPrima .

Going to start painting black today once I get arms off !!!

 

[Magicgrotto]

& How the F0000000000K yu gunna do that with no ARMS ???

 

[Chrisw8]

It’s only a flesh wound..... lol

 

[Chrisw8]

Tip of the day.......

Don’t grind into rubber bushes with yer head close by.!!!

I did yesterday, and took 10mins of scrubbing to get the kak out of my beard, and I can still taste the stuff !!!

 

[Chrisw8]

If unbolted it literally just comes out by massaging with land rover special tool AKA your hammer. Mine are getting dropped in the chimnea over the weekend lol

Just had a look at some YouTube vids ...... seems a piece of cake!!

 

[resto_d1]

Tip of the day.......

Don’t grind into rubber bushes with yer head close by.!!!

I did yesterday, and took 10mins of scrubbing to get the kak out of my beard, and I can still taste the stuff !!!

I have a chunk out of my beard where a grinder spark went in it and singed lol

 

[resto_d1]

Just had a look at some YouTube vids ...... seems a piece of cake!!

Few taps

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Few taps

use a hammer - works better than a tap .

 

[Chrisw8]

Well that went well !!

Got trailing arm off , quite easy once I jacked the axle up.

But

The poxy chassis rubbers !!!

Over an hour, bashing, swearing, chiselling, ...... finally prized them out !
......and that was supposed to be the easy end!

Now how to deal with more rust holes !!

There appears to be a plate or something at the rear of big Bush hole.....what’s that for ??

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

painting over it dont work

 

[Chrisw8]

It might blend in.