anti roll bar

[markf497]

Hi my freelander has a knocking from the front I took it to a garage and they told me the anti roll bar bushes and drop links need replacing they want £200 to change these. The drop links and the bushes look easy enough to replace the only thing i'm not sure about is the bolts on the bush clamps are they prone to breaking or will they come out easy enough I don't fancy breaking them and then needing to go to the garage.

Cheers.

[TEMPL4R]

I've never had a problem with them, just depends if it's been on a road all its life.

The drop links are simple and reasonably cheap, none genuine from about £9, the bushes are about £3 each.

Chris

[freebe]

I hade my anti roll bar changed it cost £90 for the roll bar and £70 to fit landrover main dealer said the freelander roll bar has internal bushes built into them so you have to change the anti roll bar .do not no if this is true or if its a rippoff:rolleyes:

[markf497]

I thought the anti roll bar was a solid bar with 2 drop links and 2 rubber bushes onto the subframe.

[Norn Irelander]

£200 :eek::eek: name and shame that garage!

Its a DIY repair, drop links have a allen key socket which tends to fill up with dirt and crud, poke this out and undo the nut. If it doesnt budge then get the angle grinder on to it.

I had my drop links replaced under warranty.

The anti roll bar bushes are dead easy to replace, undo the 10mm bolts and the split rubber bush is removed.

[markf497]

Cheers I've got the bits from Island 4x4 (also doing the rear diff front mount) will do at weekend gave everything a good spray of WD40 so should be OK. The garage was budget exhausts & tyres in St Andrews they also told me they needed to drop the subframe to do the anti-roll bar rubbers??

[Norn Irelander]

Cheers I've got the bits from Island 4x4 (also doing the rear diff front mount) will do at weekend gave everything a good spray of WD40 so should be OK. The garage was budget exhausts & tyres in St Andrews they also told me they needed to drop the subframe to do the anti-roll bar rubbers??

Drop the subframe my a$$

You'll be grand, plenty of penetrating fluid beforehand, replace the bolts in the anti-roll bar mounts with standard bolts(M8)

[markf497]

Done today no problems with the drop links & anti-roll bar bushes (bolts a bit awkward on the passanger side bush clamp) Also done the rear diff front mount bush that went okay until I pushed the diff up and away to put in the new front mount and the car came off the jack lucky theres plenty room under the freelander!!

[TEMPL4R]

That's why you always use axle stands and chock the wheels. Never rely on just a jack or handbrake.

Never go underneath an unsupported vehicle, death and serious injury aren't much fun.:(

An old friend of mine in Derby was crushed when his Land Rover fell on his chest, he removed the rear propshaft and didn't chock the wheels. Dave Poole was his name, he was a trained Bus Mechanic with me.

Chris

[markf497]

just glad I didn't have any the wheels off or it would have been worse than a sore elbow.

[TEMPL4R]

Try to get in the habit of putting stands underneath before you go in there, Mark. If you work on your own, you have no immediate help at hand, even for trapped fingers.

Chris

[markf497]

I used axle stands before but didn't think car was stable enough. With the new bushes and drop links its like driving a new car again.

[Norn Irelander]

Good job and saved you a fortune ;)

Always, always use axle stands or some sort of support blocks, no half measures.

check out these blocks below when I dropped the engine out, note the rear wheels chocked. They were made from old railway sleepers.

It shows the height in comparison to the axle stands, but it was sturdy and safe to work under

[Norn Irelander]

An old friend of mine in Derby was crushed when his Land Rover fell on his chest, he removed the rear propshaft and didn't chock the wheels. Dave Poole was his name, he was a trained Bus Mechanic with me.

Tragic, yet something that could have been avoided