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wangie46 · Jul 22, 2012

wickford90 said:
The track rod end goes straight on to drop arm, doing away with drop arm pin, can the damper not go on the track rod I'm sure I've seen this. Is this right Ian. What you got on yours

same as yours on mine mate, but you could also weld a bracket on the front arm for damper to bolt to, have thought about doing it myself as im not keen on the fender setup, was dicusing it with james the other week when i saw him at the hosp,

wickford90 · Jul 22, 2012

I think you can get HD bars with the bracket already on, gonna speak to press brake he makes them to order and to what ever spec wanted.

mikeyt · Jul 22, 2012

Seen this problem a few times now with hd arms with locknut, lock nut coming loose and threads wearing themselves over a period of time....when i put mine on i set up the tacking and thread locked the **** out of them

Will have to heat them if i ever need to change the ball joints!.

Mine are made by pressbrake and very happy with them!

wickford90 · Jul 22, 2012

mikeyt said:
Seen this problem a few times now with hd arms with locknut, lock nut coming loose and threads wearing themselves over a period of time....when i put mine on i set up the tacking and thread locked the **** out of them

Will have to heat them if i ever need to change the ball joints!.

Mine are made by pressbrake and very happy with them!

Mikey is your still standard set up but with HD bars.

Jongould · Jul 22, 2012

Oh dear that doesnt look good... I have just swapped mine to disco, the ball joint is in the steering rod and not the arm, the damper is also on the rear track rod, you may need to make a bracket up for it to bolt onto the axle, you will need both rods and the steering box arm to do it all.

I finally got both axles fitted, the handbrake has given up tho, all the adjusters are knackers, need that sorted then ready for some lanes while the suns out...

wickford90 · Jul 22, 2012

Jongould said:
Oh dear that doesnt look good... I have just swapped mine to disco, the ball joint is in the steering rod and not the arm, the damper is also on the rear track rod, you may need to make a bracket up for it to bolt onto the axle, you will need both rods and the steering box arm to do it all.

I finally got both axles fitted, the handbrake has given up tho, all the adjusters are knackers, need that sorted then ready for some lanes while the suns out...

Don't suppose you still got the Cross rod eye as I want to see if the thread in the rod is shot before I make a decision on what to do.

Jongould · Jul 22, 2012

wickford90 said:
Don't suppose you still got the Cross rod eye as I want to see if the thread in the rod is shot before I make a decision on what to do.

Yeah if its the same setup as a standard 200tdi. The ball joint snapped in the steering arm but the rest is still good i think. Im off work next week but am popping in tuesday evening so can grab them...

wickford90 · Jul 22, 2012

Jongould said:
Yeah if its the same setup as a standard 200tdi. The ball joint snapped in the steering arm but the rest is still good i think. Im off work next week but am popping in tuesday evening so can grab them...

That would be good, it's the part that screws in to rod with the mounting for damper, I'm in Colchester at some point this week can collect then.
Will pm my number.thanks.

James1966 · Jul 23, 2012

Disco steering set up is the way to go, no drop arm ball joint to mess with. You dont need to relocate the steering damper its best protected where it is on the fender set up, just make a bracket to weld/clamp to the front arm, everything you need is on the old cross eye part just measure cut off and weld to new arm or bracket. Thread lock the locking nuts should be enough but you can never have enough thread lock some times

also stops water ingress. Let me know what pressbake says Geoff.

Jongould · Jul 23, 2012

Anyone out laning this week? I just got my handbrake to do and then im ready to give it all a try out... even got a radio now

wickford90 · Jul 23, 2012

James1966 said:
Disco steering set up is the way to go, no drop arm ball joint to mess with. You dont need to relocate the steering damper its best protected where it is on the fender set up, just make a bracket to weld/clamp to the front arm, everything you need is on the old cross eye part just measure cut off and weld to new arm or bracket. Thread lock the locking nuts should be enough but you can never have enough thread lock some times also stops water ingress. Let me know what pressbake says Geoff.

Hi James
just got back from press brake, he can make up front bars from solid steel. Use old locking nuts, and he reckons clamp for the damper not weld because the rod rotates when tracking the wheels. He is checking price of the steel and will let me know hopefully later.
will phone when i hear.

mikeyt · Jul 23, 2012

wickford90 said:
Mikey is your still standard set up but with HD bars.

mine runs the standard setup still, but if the steering arm balljoint lets go i will be changing to discovery setup.

James1966 · Jul 23, 2012

wickford90 said:
Hi James
just got back from press brake, he can make up front bars from solid steel. Use old locking nuts, and he reckons clamp for the damper not weld because the rod rotates when tracking the wheels. He is checking price of the steel and will let me know hopefully later.
will phone when i hear.

Cheers thats a thought if the tracking ever needs adjustment could be difficult, would mean removing ball joints to adjust.

jamesmartin · Jul 23, 2012

James1966 said:
Cheers thats a thought if the tracking ever needs adjustment could be difficult, would mean removing ball joints to adjust.

tracking is done on rear rod ,drag link is adjustable to set wheels straight when pas box is central

wickford90 · Jul 23, 2012

Brian S said:
If there is anything you need from my breaker Geoff then let me know.

Have your still got the drop arm and is it still on the steering box, if its still on the box it will probably be a **** to remove. might be easier to get a new one.

Jongould · Jul 23, 2012

wickford90 said:
Have your still got the drop arm and is it still on the steering box, if its still on the box it will probably be a **** to remove. might be easier to get a new one.

Mine took plenty of heat and a wedge and big hammer, they are a pig to remove

wickford90 · Jul 23, 2012

James they do a bracket for the damper.
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wickford90 · Jul 23, 2012

Jongould said:
Mine took plenty of heat and a wedge and big hammer, they are a pig to remove

Had to cut mine off a couple of years back, replaced with plenty of copper grease.

wickford90 · Jul 23, 2012

wickford90 said:
James they do a bracket for the damper.
Products | Land Rover Parts, Accessories & Spares From Brookwells

Actually looking at it again that is for the wrong end of damper.

Brian S · Jul 23, 2012

wickford90 said:
Have your still got the drop arm and is it still on the steering box, if its still on the box it will probably be a **** to remove. might be easier to get a new one.

I still have it attached to the box, not tried removing it yet.

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