Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by rick130

Either way, it's a lot

I was guessing it was out as the factory spec should be 0-2mm out as per the final reading.

This is how i do mine with a tape measure

Originally Posted by John_D2

Does that mean that 1 wheel was pointing mostly forward and the other is facing in towards the radiator by 35mm? I don’t know anything about wheel alignments

Sort of, in reality it'll be equal both sides while driving, when you start to turn the steering wheel the inside wheel starts to turn more than the outside due to the angle of the steering arms on the hub, a thing called Ackerman effect or toe out on turns.

Repaired the broken/cracked glow plug boots with silicone and heat shrink.

Started replacing most of the corrugated conduit and tape on the looms. Only a couple to go.
Then it's hoses......

Oh, and replaced my temporary fix fuel hose from last year between the fuel reg and front of engine.
Slipped the hose clamps and hose off and installed a piece of new high pressure hose and Oetiker (crimp style) clamps. Hopefully they should be more reliable than a worm drive clamp.

Originally Posted by rick130

Repaired the broken/cracked glow plug boots with silicone and heat shrink.

How’d you do this? Covered with silicon and heat shrink over the top? Mine needs doing too

Originally Posted by John_D2

Does that mean that 1 wheel was pointing mostly forward and the other is facing in towards the radiator by 35mm? I don’t know anything about wheel alignments

yep , as rick mentioned they will be split nearly 50/50 when driving straight, I'm thinking your steering wheel would be a fair way clockwise from centre when driving before the alignment.
the only way it could have been that far out is if the tie rod end was unscrewed way too far when replaced ( or not screwed in enough from factory if a new assembly ) .
thing is , I don't think they have got it right, as the way I read it is you have + 2.3 mm total ( toe in ), it should be 0- 2 mm toe out .
1mm toe out would be shown as - 1.0 mm. in other words + means toe in and - means toe out
are they familiar with constant 4x4 Landys?

Originally Posted by John_D2

How’d you do this? Covered with silicon and heat shrink over the top? Mine needs doing too

One had totally come apart so yep, used silicon to stick it all back together and heat shrink over the top.

I'd love to just replace the damn things but haven't had time to chase anything up to repalce them with

Originally Posted by discorevy

Dunno Rick , I'm reading it as toe in , iirc it should be 0-2 mm toe out ... in other words - values

You are correct, they should be minus (-) values not plus (+) values...

I do my alignment with a tape measure. Strictly speaking measurement should be made between and at the edges of the wheel rims but it is fiddly. Measuring point to point on the tyre will result in a greater toe angle than when measuring at the rim.

Originally Posted by discorevy

are they familiar with constant 4x4 Landys?

I’m really not sure. I just went to the tyre store that was convenient to my work. It’s one of those cases that you assume that the tyre & wheel alignment staff know what they are doing.

It does turn better, and it steers straight. Previously it has always (as long as I’ve owned this car) had a larger turning circle when turning right compared to left. I would frequently have to do 3 point turns turning right but be able to do a u turn in the same area when turning left. That doesn’t seem to be the case now