TonyB

Thought it's about time I changed mine. HBOL says jack the vehicle up but is
this actually necessary or can I do it with the vehicle on the ground?
Thanks
TonyB

JD

TonyB wrote:

> Thought it's about time I changed mine. HBOL says jack the vehicle up but
> is this actually necessary or can I do it with the vehicle on the ground?
> Thanks
> TonyB

Probably help if we knew which model vehicle (Series, Defender, Rangerover,
Discovery, Freelander) you were talking about, but in general it is not
"necessary" but depending on the vehicle may be easier. In particular, it
may be easier to turn the steering to engage or disengage the ends rather
than extending or compressing the damper by hand.
JD

Dougal

> Thought it's about time I changed mine. HBOL says jack the vehicle up but is
> this actually necessary or can I do it with the vehicle on the ground?
> Thanks
> TonyB

Another lie - unless you are exceptionally corpulent! You can easily do
it with the wheels on the ground (comment excludes Freelander about
which I know nothing).

Austin Shackles

On or around Wed, 6 Apr 2005 20:28:20 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB"
<Norfolk@soxclara.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>Thought it's about time I changed mine. HBOL says jack the vehicle up but is
>this actually necessary or can I do it with the vehicle on the ground?

haven't jacked any of mine. crawl underneath job, takes about 15 minutes.


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"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
news:m4l851drkl02kb51bv9lubum70r0esjmrr@4ax.com...

> haven't jacked any of mine. crawl underneath job, takes about 15 minutes.

Is that 10 Minutes to wheel out the Oxy then ;-)

Lee D

Austin Shackles

On or around Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:39 +0100, "Lee_D"
<newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> enlightened us thusly:

>"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
>news:m4l851drkl02kb51bv9lubum70r0esjmrr@4ax.com...
>
>> haven't jacked any of mine. crawl underneath job, takes about 15 minutes.
>
>Is that 10 Minutes to wheel out the Oxy then ;-)
>

heh. no, 10 minutes to find the right spanner.

actually, I did notice that it's in a different place on the disco. 110's
was on the drag link, disco on the track rod.

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Pantelis Giamarellos

Supposedly one of the modifications you can do on a Disco in order to
increase its off roading capabilities is to fit the steering dumper where
Defenders have it.

A special chassic mount is required along with another one for the steering
bar but it is said to work 100% OK.

Take care
Pantelis

"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
news:tbr9519kkg7b9oo9pheercncg896hs3dj0@4ax.com...
> On or around Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:39 +0100, "Lee_D"
> <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
> >news:m4l851drkl02kb51bv9lubum70r0esjmrr@4ax.com...
> >
> >> haven't jacked any of mine. crawl underneath job, takes about 15
minutes.
> >
> >Is that 10 Minutes to wheel out the Oxy then ;-)
> >
>
> heh. no, 10 minutes to find the right spanner.
>
> actually, I did notice that it's in a different place on the disco. 110's
> was on the drag link, disco on the track rod.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> "Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
> Boswell's "Johnson".

Austin Shackles

On or around Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:40:09 +0300, "Pantelis Giamarellos"
<pantg@otenet.gr> enlightened us thusly:

>Supposedly one of the modifications you can do on a Disco in order to
>increase its off roading capabilities is to fit the steering dumper where
>Defenders have it.
>
>A special chassic mount is required along with another one for the steering
>bar but it is said to work 100% OK.

well, it would. can't see what it gains you unless it makes it less prone
to damage.
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Niamh Holding

In article <3bk9vgF6hh00jU1@individual.net>, pantg@otenet.gr (Pantelis
Giamarellos) wrote:

> A special chassic mount is required along with another one for the
> steering
> bar but it is said to work 100% OK.

We've certainly fitted a few

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Chris Ward

>In article <3bk9vgF6hh00jU1@individual.net>, pantg@otenet.gr (Pantelis
>Giamarellos) wrote:
>
>> A special chassic mount is required along with another one for the
>> steering
>> bar but it is said to work 100% OK.

Personally, if I did a bit more serious off roading I'd seriously
consider the relocation of the steering damper to in front of the
axle, this would then be tucked away nicely so it's protected by a
steering guard and would allow me to fit dan bars or heavy duty track
rod...

IF I did do a bit more serious off roading I'd probably need to
replace the standard track rod and steering damper a bit more often
than once in three years - so far!!

Chris
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