I consulted disco td5 manual. the rod at the front of wheels is called drag link and another one behind wheels track rod or tie rod, I am confused someone used those terms together. I need to replace driver side track rod end ball joint (behind front wheel). What part number fits it? I aware there are LH and RH threads TRE, but not sure which one is correct since I can not check threads for all threads screwing in track rod. I see the track rod end is grooved. I suppose this is clampped point for vice. What size of vice (Newton Meter) is enough to hold up? e.g. https://www.toolstation.com/minotaur-engineers-swivel-base-vice/p80447?
sierrafery
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The part numbers are here https://parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.com/parts/index/part/id/L5.L5O.L5O01.L5O01040/brand/land-rover/ , i know nothig about the rest
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I found Lemforder assembly unit is not expensive, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273515789757? is right? not sure if I need adjust length.
Can I adjust the length according to the existing track rod end length?
That is what I would do, infact I did. Still most likely to be wrong though as you are only presuming it's correct in the first place.
By the way the one we bought had a different thread at each end so make sure the nylon lock nut is the correct one.
I removed both rod ends by 18 mm socket. What size is different from 18 mm? Replacing assembly is much easier than a TRE ball joint, it saves me time and effort for your info.
Do you mean thread pitches are different? I tested my TRE ball joints (original LR parts), each nut fits both ball joints. I measured both are 1.25mm (5mm for 4 pitches), but knuckle ball joints are 1.5mm (6mm for 4 pitches). How about this after-market https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144594619578?
I need rear long arm TRE assembly, from ebay photos, it is hard to tell front TRE from rear one. Sellers usually don't give demension, I measured my rear long arm one including ball joints is around 1.32m. I found QHG000040 Delphi is 0.98 m. TIQ000010 looks more fitting. But no length/height info.
frostythor
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When I replace mine I did both the Drag link and tie rod, I then took it to a tyre place for tracking to get it all checked, but as my car was so old, 23 years it was not in the computer they could not do it, so set mine uo with a string line, there is a detailed explanation on how to do it if you read in this forum
Steering box alignment disco 2
- Thread starterFarmboy86
- Start dateJul 2, 2023
frostythor
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The disco has two adjustable ball joint one on the drag link, and one on the tie bar the second one on the tie bar is not always adjustable, so you need to replace the completed tie bar if one side fails
