nylocs can be used many times ,from experience
Thanks, if your Hippo is the one in the photo yes it's the same apart from mine being a 3 door soft/hard top.If yours is the same as my hippo then disconnect battery, wait a bit, undo 2 screws that go into the rear of the steering wheel which allows yer to release the air bag from the steering wheel, so yer can get to the steering wheel nut. Do this with the wheels straight so you take the steering wheel off/on straight, as it fits on spines and putting it back on the wrong spline is annoying.
Thanks, as said above the battery bit was what I was concerned about. I will keep an eye out for the slip ring.Never done it on a Freelander but my did on MGF.
Top tip, don't let the slip ring rotate while the wheel is off. If you do make certain you centre it again before refitting the wheel. Happened to me when I let it rotate one revolution and as soon as I wound the wheel full lock it snapped the slip ring and SRS light came on and stayed on until I got a replacement.
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And if you can disconnect the battery for around 30 mins before starting you should avoid any sudden loud noises.
Hey dastardly, are you saying no need to disconnect the battery, just key out and proceed?ignition off, unplug airbags.
No need to wait for it to "discharge", they simply don't work like that on the Rover based systems.