By fluke of chance I think I might just have two UJs. When I did the rear the UJs supplied were too small (I have the uprated one it seems). Anyway I think he told me to hold on to them in case I need them at the front (otherwise why would I still have them?!?)

Update: there is definitely quite a bit of play in the transmission end UJ of the front propshaft - so hopefully that's the problem. However, there is also quite a bit of play in the actual transmission plate that it connects to. By this I don't mean that the bolts are loose, but that the whole...

Hi all, Help! We are supposed to be going camping on Monday and the landy (110 300tdi) has just started grumbling. She has developed (over the last 24hrs) a vibration and grumbling. It's getting worse and sounds pretty bad now - coming from the front (gearbox/clutch area (eek). Dipping the...

Hi all, Following an unfortunate encounter with post, I have had to replace the rear window and strengthen/straiten the rear door. The door is pretty knackered anyway, but my plan is to replace the doors with galvanized eventually. Whilst I there I am doing some jobs that need doing and one of...

I have been ignoring the fact that one of my rear shock absorbers had lost it's upper bush for longer than I would care to admit. Of course this then comes back to bite you, as I have now messed up the mount. Is the replacement of this as simple as removing and bolting a new one to the chassis...

Hi all, I am half way through fitting a new P gasket and I have everything stripped down. I have cleaned up the faces and noticed that the face on the Bracket Aux Mounting is quite rough, certainly not a clean machined finish. There had been mastic used, but the old gasket was the tin kind...

Just got home, very tired! The problem was a lip inside the drop arm. I suspect the kit was Britpart too, but I couldn't even get the old one back in. It would seem to hit this lip and skew, so that the opposite side dug in. I was working on it, with help, for 4/5hrs! In the end we took...

I cannot get the top cap of the drop arm ball joint to seat all the way. I have tried a few times and it always sits proud at the top about 0.5cm. Any suggestions? I don't have a G clamp on me, but I have used a socket on a trolley jack to try and send it home, likewise a hammer and punch. Any...

Ok, ball joint repair kit on the way!

I'm not sure that it isn't just the very tip actually. Problem is the ball is turning in the arm, so I cannot get the nut to go down. How can I hold the ball joint without messing up the thread?

Crap... just putting it all together and I find that that bloody ball joint splitter has buggered up the thread on the drop arm ball joint, meaning I cannot the castellated nut back on. Any suggestions? It looks like the thread shaft has actually bent!

End is out. Which was easier than I thought it might be. Damper is off too. Is there anything I can do to service the damper whilst it is out? I am replacing the bushes. Or is it a seal item? Slip on the drag link end thread and all bolts/nuts I assume on reassembly. What about in the actual...

Thanks people! Drag link now free - I was tapping to gently! Bloody annoyed about the new ball joint spliter though. Right, now to get the end off. :)

Hi Turboman, thanks for this. I have a new draglink end. But do I really stand any chance of getting the other end free - if it is in so tight that it broken the spilter?

I should have made it clear that I was only removing the drag link to put it into a vice, I don't have a new one.

I'm replacing the N/S drag link end. In order to make my ball joint splitter fit I had to hacksaw the bolt at the point of the clip hole on the thread. I could then get the splitter in and split apart the joint. So far so good. However, I cannot remove the track rod end, despite penetrating oil...

Looking at it I think I can get away with just internal ones, as I think I only need them for the UJs (anyone able to confirm if that's true). Any idea what size range will suit? They seem to go 8mm to 13mm, 12mm to 25mm, 19mm to 60mm. They also come bent or straight - again suggestions?

Just realised that I am going to need to some circlip pliers. Seen recommendations for Knipex, presumably this set would cover all the jobs?: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Knipex-00-19-56-Circlip-Plier-Set-In-Roll-4-/121381099893?hash=item1c42e09975:g:QGAAAOSwnLdWsdtU Could I get away with one or...

https://www.lrdirect.com/568858-Steering-Damper-Bush/?sfi=568858&keep_https=yes Bearmach 4 @ 94p = £3.76 Land Rover OEM 4 @ £5.90 = £23.60 Is that really £20 well spent?!?

Thanks for the help - really useful. Got the part number and actually bought them here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221221068324?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I am guessing that standard 1/2 UNF Locking Nuts are fine to put on afterwards, no need for LR part here?