hawke113a

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My landy failed the mot on droplinks. Ive come to do them toady and ran into a slight problem. The bottom bolt came off no problem but after going thru my entire spanner set i can find one that fits the top bolt... Is it a case of angle grinder to it.
 
I did mine recently, they were both facing opposite directions (so one had been fitted wrongly in the past), and they had different size nuts on top. An angle grinder is a good idea though, in hindsight, trying to unthread a nut up a rusty thread which wants to turn (despite finding a spanner thin enough to fit the flats below the fitting) is a good way to use up precious heartbeats before you die of old age.

Legend tells of different lengths of tie-bar, the longer ones were to stop a knocking noise when going over bumps, or driving down British roads.
 
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Mmm, the new drop links I fitted just a few months ago, don't look so new now. Perished rubber on the top boot, split on the bottom, not impressed, fleabay tat. Question, should the bottom bolt go from the inside out (with the nut on the wheel side of the rollbar) or the other way (with the nut on the engine side of the bar)? Mine had one of each, and the Haynes manual wasn't much help.
 
That's the way I had them, was worried I'd put them the wrong way round, hence the failure. Had a quick look at the other link, and it seems fine, so must be just a bad one.
 
Couldn’t say that I‘d be happy with Delphi. Literally 1.5 years after installation (mid 2014, then Sorn from Nov for almost 2y. due to gearbox) the one was dead and mentioned on the MoT in Jan.. The other one seems to be on its way out as well. Changed the one for Febi Bilstein, hope that‘ll last longer.
 
I bought two cheap droplinks from euroautomotive on ebay for a Xantia because one had a little play and a perished gaiter - fitted one - the other stayed in the garage for a couple of years - went to fit it as another gaiter perished - both gaiters on the unused one were perished and split - Rubbish - you certainly get what you pay for
 
both gaiters on the unused one were perished and split -

This is happening a lot now. I've had gaiters split in the package too. I'm thinking that the rubber used has changed formula. Maybe to something more environmentally friendly. Although if gaiters keep needing unnecessary replacement, I can't see the logic in changing the formula.
 
I recently put Delphi drop links on mine. The quality seemed good. I'll keep an eye on them though. I just ordered trailing links from Advanced Factors. Unfortunately Delphi made ones were out of stock and on back order so they're sending me Borg and Beck ones. Are they any good?
 
Really? Delphi were the OE supplier to LR and those generally lasted well.
Lemforder would be my next "Go To" brand if Delphi quality has dropped.
Yes, that‘s why I bought them, thought better buy those Delphi than cheap and twice. Had a creaky noise for a while and talked to LR, was told there would be a part underneath which sometimes might cause that noise and could be cut off. Had it all changed from wishbone, to ARB and droplinks and thought what the heck is that till in Jan the garage gave me the MoT saying the droplink would have slight play I came to the idea that maybe that‘s my problem and it was.
Lemforder I bought the wishbones from after talking to LR. First thougth to buy from Island, buy then last year they had an offer for around 40€ on Amazon in DE while I was there and bought as a bargain. Now I have a Mapco here new if anyone needs one as I thought better both the same manufacturer. It‘s still sealed.
With the droplinks might the Belgium motorways to beyond Lille which are terrible. Potholes where you could park your car in as it sometimes seems.
 
I recently put Delphi drop links on mine. The quality seemed good. I'll keep an eye on them though. I just ordered trailing links from Advanced Factors. Unfortunately Delphi made ones were out of stock and on back order so they're sending me Borg and Beck ones. Are they any good?
Shouldn‘t be bad ones from Borg & Beck, tried a search and it came out on the ZF Sachs homepage here https://aftermarket.zf.com/go/en/sachs/home/ .
 
Quick question about the torque for the drop links. In Haynes it says 45nm to tighten it as far as I understand. Is that correct?
Last time when I changed the arb bushes I tightened the bolts with 23 and when being with LR later for something else, telling them they just pulled it harder. Could I open and re-tighten the nuts again to the mentioned torque?
 
Quick question about the torque for the drop links. In Haynes it says 45nm to tighten it as far as I understand. Is that correct?
Last time when I changed the arb bushes I tightened the bolts with 23 and when being with LR later for something else, telling them they just pulled it harder. Could I open and re-tighten the nuts again to the mentioned torque?
as long as the bolts are tight enough not to come lose an exact torque doesnt matter,or whether you retighten them
 
I've got Delph on mine and are great quality. But be aware there are a lot of fakes about of all manufacturers. ..
 

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