Thread: Freelander 1 Bearmach Lift Kit

Seems I have let some of the grease out of the CVs, wasn't apparent when I put everything together but I know have just a tiny bit sprayed around on the left (onto the exhaust, so I went looking for the source of the smell) and a not insubstantial amount on the right.

I just removed the right-hand wheel and had a good look and feel around, no rips that I can see and the boot all seems intact and sitting in the right place.
All I can think of is that with all the pushing and pulling that results getting the suspension back together I have somehow managed to pressurise the boot and push some grease out.


Have cleaned it all up and will have a look after I do a couple of short runs.
If more grease is apparent I might send it off to the man f to put on the hoist and have a look.
Nearly due for a service anyway.

I had a inner CV playing up at the front a few years back. I undid the clip with a hacksaw (the permanent ones), cleaned it all out, dumped a XXXXload of new CV grease in there and did it back up with a jubilee clip. Still good today.

Cheers!

This is the inner CVs I'm talking about.

Just did about 20km and not sure if any fresh grease has appeared after my clean up, there is still a bit about but I didn't remove everything that was there in the 1st place.
I might wash it all down again and put a few more metres under the tyres over the weekend.

Well nothing has fallen off or broken and the additional clearance has proven useful. Your average rut is no longer an issue but you still need care when a flock of 4WD dinosaurs has been through tearing things up.
The additional clearance was put to work at a recent LORCV trial and nothing went bang or got left behind over any of the courses.
You can see the extra space between the wheels and body here with the front wheel extended while working through some holes in a gully.

Looks good!

v6 from the looks?

Looks very good... Need to do that to mine for sure....
Only problem will be the tyres will look to small... and I only have 5,000 km on them...
Guess I could keep them for the street and get a second set with rims for play.

Yes, V6 with small tyres.
I have two sets of rims at the moment with 17s and low profile tyres for the road and the little 15s with M&S for the dirt. Tossing up what to do but for the moment will leave things as they are tyre wise.
Reluctant to go overboard with diameter only to suffer from the taller gearing (hill descent mainly).

Hi, did you end up using the brake lines mentioned in the initial post? If not, why are these supposedly needed? I know about braided steel giving a better feel and less swelling under pressure (have them on my bike) but are those lines any longer than the original?