Thread: Thats not right

Originally Posted by goingbush

all this post does is to show that there is just as much BS on AULRO as the Genuine article. Quite obvious that some of the posters here have no idea what they are talking about.

one of the answers might be correct if the Discovery had rear leaf suspension, which it obviously does not.

either your chassis is bent or you have an incorrect trailing arm fitted ( measure them - they should be the same length) the washers have been put there to try and cover up the issue, Butcher mechanics more like it.

check it out & see if I'm one of the BS posters

By the term "Genuine article" Are you referfing to my initial question As BS then?

Originally Posted by Kevin B

By the term "Genuine article" Are you referfing to my initial question As BS then?

no, you do have a problem, if your disco has been in an accident it might have a bent chassis , if not it might have have had a bent trailing arm - easily done off road, trailing arm might have been replaced with a defender TA, look the same - wrong length. Trailing arm also known as Lower control arm.

all i'm saying is the washers have beed put there to try to cover up a problem, which is evident by the wheel closer to the guard on one side

I reckon the bushes are flogged out and the washers have been jambed in there to stop the arms rattling about, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by goingbush

no, you do have a problem, if your disco has been in an accident it might have a bent chassis , if not it might have have had a bent trailing arm - easily done off road, trailing arm might have been replaced with a defender TA, look the same - wrong length. Trailing arm also known as Lower control arm.

all i'm saying is the washers have beed put there to try to cover up a problem, which is evident by the wheel closer to the guard on one side

ok thanks for that, i agree they were put there for some reason and i am still kind of hoping they were put there to disguise some other worn part like bushes or something, it does have NEW cranked trailing Arms Fitted (ill measure them to see if there the same), which were on there when i got it, not sure how im going to tell if its a bent chassis or not though, it drives true and Smooth, does not pull to one side or crab at all and it sits flat ill still replace all the bushes on the rear end first and see how it goes i supose and take it from there..

Kevin

Good luck with it & hope it turns out to be the easiest/cheapest fix, keep us posted though

On both my previous RRC's , the mounts for the upper A frame pivots have slotted holes to allow some alignment. If you are replacing the balljoint once its replaced remove the washers and before tightening those 2 bolts loosen the pivot mounting bolts first then do up the balljoint mount blots before re tightening the pivot mount bolts if that makes sense.
Of course if the rest of the bush's are knackered they need to be replaced first.

Kevin you can buy the balljoint from Karcraft in Silverwater they are not expenisve and you can get any mech to press old one out and new one in....

would be much cheaper and quicker to do it that way

Originally Posted by Kevin B

So im scratching around under my Discovery one with a torch because I hear a knock everytime I go over a bump, its worse going down for example if I drive up a gutter no bang but if I drive down as the back whells go down its like it slams down best I can discribe it would be if the springs were highly compressed and they decompress very fast off the gutter and the wheel hits the road with a bang, weird I know but thats what it feels like, now I did some research and came up with the A frame ball joint as a possible cause, so away I go and tjis is what I find

Could a anybody enlighten me as to why the previous owner would have done such a bodgy Mod/fix.....

This is reply to the First post on the thread regarding the bang when going down.

I had the same experience and I spent many hours under the car trying to figure out what the hell causes the feeling that the car is falling apart. I have new shocks and bushes.

I climbed under the car today and BINGO, there it was its not eh Bushes on the A-frame, but rear of the axle there are two attachments from the frame to the bottom of the boot (trunk), the bolts were so lose that the bushings didn't work at all ant the entire floor of the boot played up and down causing big whoomp on any bumps.

It took me 15minutes to tighten the bolts and the car is solid as a rock again.