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I Like Chips Member Since: 25 Jun 2017 Location: Ascott Under Wychwood Posts: 1550 |
There are a couple or three ways of doing this
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11th Jan 2023 7:37 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
ok thanks |
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11th Jan 2023 10:13 am |
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NoDo$h Member Since: 27 May 2008 Location: fings go booooom. Posts: 491 |
Having done this job last year, I can heartily recommend you get one of these:
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11th Jan 2023 11:17 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
ok ill look at that.
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11th Jan 2023 12:15 pm |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
After obtaining the correct tools to start this job, the Freelander was up for putting up a fight at every stage.
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28th Jan 2023 9:48 pm |
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2838 |
Jobs like that I almost wish I'd paid someone else to do! (Almost, I'd still do it myself)
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29th Jan 2023 10:43 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
yes i wish i had paid someone else to do it, but if i have the gear i like to at least try myself. At the age of 52 this is the first tie rod and ball joint i have attempted to do. I wouldnt mind if i had a garage to do it in but i dont and trying to work against the weather especially this time of year and in Scotland isnt easy, but yes you are right i will get there. |
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29th Jan 2023 10:53 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
anybody with any ideas about that ball joint splitter |
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29th Jan 2023 11:28 am |
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2838 |
Ball joint might seperate with decent blows simultaneously on bot sides with a couple of hammers?
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29th Jan 2023 11:32 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
No the bolt has snapped on the other side neared the head of the bolt. Ill have new drop links , the bottom bolt came out ok so the rest will come off with the old shocker.
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29th Jan 2023 12:06 pm |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
Bit of an update, i got the snapped bolt out, took me about 4 and half hours of manipulation but i got it.
I did manage to find a ball joint splitter
to which it came out pretty easy. Next was the drive shaft to pry out, that was a fight too, it got so far out then tightened up. I tried to draw it back in using the long 13mm bolt , it was that tight that bolt snapped too, luckily it snapped off leaving some of the thread exposed so i was able to wind the rest out. A hammer and a round piece of bar still that drive shaft wasnt for moving, so it was war
I used the big washer and an impact socket with the air chisel and that drive shaft flew out of there
I realised the seized part must have been the plain shank of the bolt,
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6th Feb 2023 10:37 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
So now with the knuckle off, its time to retreat to the shed to start to get this bolt removed. My thearoy was confirmed right when i cut the bolt in between the split in the knuckle
Now you see why it moved at bit at first then snapped, it was swollen with rust so no matter which way i screwed the bolt it would have snapped when this swollen part hit the internal threads. So i cut the bolt near the plain part of the bolt and i managed to get some thin nose molegrips in and the threads started to move, up until it hit the seized part, so another cut, turn with mole grips sometimes it needed a bit of heat to free the threads. and so it was a long drawn out process but i eventually got the threaded section out.
Once that was out i was able to put a punch though and knock the rest of the broken bolt out
I ran a tap down the threads and bought some new bolts to be fitted, Its an M12 thread by the way |
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6th Feb 2023 10:48 am |
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deadbeatdad Member Since: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Scotland Posts: 91 |
Next job was to remove the strut, Wipers off plastic cowl removed just to access those 13mm bolts and the strut was removed
As i was using the original top plates i marked up where the notches on the new top mount were supposed to go, make life easier realigning the new ones. Spring compressors at the ready old ones top plate removed new top mounts ( Fit Mondeo apparently) installed although not a tight fit like the old ones, New springs fitted but the blooming notches on the top mounts moved round so they were in line with each other and not the 8 degress apart so had to compress springs again and readjust. So as of last night the new mounts are bolted in situ but not torqued up,
i did try to get the knuckle onto the strut last night but it was getting late and the blooming thing was tightening up half way so i need something to wedge the knuckle open whilst i slide it on |
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6th Feb 2023 11:04 am |
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ozjeff62 Member Since: 28 May 2018 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 494 |
Dear God, the corrosion! Glad to live where there's no salt on the road and it's usually dry.
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6th Feb 2023 11:18 am |
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