Tips & tools required in reference of fitting Bearmach 2” lift kit to Land Rover Freelander. Following tips are intended to supplement the installation instructions supplied with the kit,
1) When jacking & placing the vehicle on axle stands remember you will need a further 2” of clearance to put the wheels back on.
2) The inner wing does need to be cut to clear the track rods. If a front wheel is off the ground and the suspension at full travel with the steering wheel about centred the track rod ends will foul the inner wings. If the tracking adjusting nut or the track rod end pinch bolts should straddle the inner wing the steering would be jammed.
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3) There is a box section of the monocoque which limits how far down you can take the cutout, don’t cut into the doubler where box section is spot welded to inner wing.
4) Don’t lubricate any threads, torque settings are for dry threads.
5) Radiator expansion tank will have to be removed to get at the front offside strut locating nuts, this can just be done without disconnecting or kinking hoses.
6) The fusebox will have to be moved to get at the front nearside strut locating nuts & the battery to fusebox wire disconnected, so remember to remove the positive battery connection.
7) Use new track rod end nuts, Land Rover part number ANR 5116 ( cost about 98p each).
8) When undoing anti roll bar link nut use a 5mm allen key to stop the ball joint rotating, if not rubber boot can be damaged.
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9) When installing the strut stud extensions use threadlock & install all 3 finger tight then torque each one while placing a lever ( I used a breaker bar ) between the other two. When replacing strut in turret tighten all three nuts evenly so as not to apply all the load on one stud.
9) When installing the strut stud extensions use threadlock & install all 3 finger tight then torque each one while placing a lever ( I used a breaker bar ) between the other two. When replacing strut in turret tighten all three nuts evenly so as not to apply all the load on one stud.
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10) Unless you have a pit it is impossible to torque up the strut to hub bolts after putting the wheels back on & lowering the vehicle, when you take it for alignment ask the technician to slacken these bolts & re tighten them , there is a slight amount of play in the bolts & the weight of the vehicle will change the camber slightly more negative.