Norler
Member
Hello.
I recently replaced all the front suspension arms of the vehicle myself.
Needing an front end alignment I contacted the local workshop as I assumed this would be a straight forward job.
But surely they called me and said that I've mounted the 4 bolts on the lower suspension arms the wrong way around, and that they had stripped the grooves on the washers when trying to adjust them.
Stripped grooves on washer to the right:
Bolt "HB2" as I mounted them :
The bolt with washer:
When adjusting the bolt, the washer will slide along this notch when mounted correctly as I did. There is no notch at the bolt head side on the chassis and therefor I can sort of understand their claim to reverse the bolt 180deg as the bolt's head and washer are welded togheter and is a lot stronger.
At the workshop the car was standig with all the 4 wheels planted on the 4-point lift on the turntables while they were doing the adjustment. They stood there with an 1m arm with socket and used all their strength to turn the bolt (I could turn it by hand after I had finished the job with the wheel jacked up).
This method would exert an extreme force on the little notch and the grooves if a huge adjustment is needed, as the tire has to drag sideways on the turntables up to several cm's. I was not shocked the tires was squeeking and the washer's grooves were stripped. This method seems so wrong on this specific car model.
I see LRTIME put some Oil and plastic under the wheels when doing such adjustment and it adjusts easely.
Surely this isn't how a professional LR dealer would do it ..but how would they do it? Lift the wheel a bit in the air while adjusting?
I recently replaced all the front suspension arms of the vehicle myself.
Needing an front end alignment I contacted the local workshop as I assumed this would be a straight forward job.
But surely they called me and said that I've mounted the 4 bolts on the lower suspension arms the wrong way around, and that they had stripped the grooves on the washers when trying to adjust them.
Stripped grooves on washer to the right:
Bolt "HB2" as I mounted them :
The bolt with washer:
When adjusting the bolt, the washer will slide along this notch when mounted correctly as I did. There is no notch at the bolt head side on the chassis and therefor I can sort of understand their claim to reverse the bolt 180deg as the bolt's head and washer are welded togheter and is a lot stronger.
At the workshop the car was standig with all the 4 wheels planted on the 4-point lift on the turntables while they were doing the adjustment. They stood there with an 1m arm with socket and used all their strength to turn the bolt (I could turn it by hand after I had finished the job with the wheel jacked up).
This method would exert an extreme force on the little notch and the grooves if a huge adjustment is needed, as the tire has to drag sideways on the turntables up to several cm's. I was not shocked the tires was squeeking and the washer's grooves were stripped. This method seems so wrong on this specific car model.
I see LRTIME put some Oil and plastic under the wheels when doing such adjustment and it adjusts easely.
Surely this isn't how a professional LR dealer would do it ..but how would they do it? Lift the wheel a bit in the air while adjusting?
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