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Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8355

2014 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Pete
I now have permission from the boss to use Y.O.L.O. Enjoy life
__________________________________________________
2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

11th Aug 2023 4:10pm

Ennoch

Member Since: 26 Dec 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 109

Superspoons wrote:
Can you recommend one from personal use Haylands ?

I'm hoping to get access to a 1000Nm cordless one .... if that doesn't do the job then .....

cheers

I've had a few of the older Snap on guns over the years which gave been fine but I never got them new and I've generally sold them on and upgraded when I've had the chance. I've got a new Bosch 1050 18V now as all my other cordless stuff is Bosch Pro so it reduces the amount of chargers and batteries I need and it's great. Just remember that if you do go for an impact wrench that you should use impact sockets with them, and that any extensions you add in to reach bits will reduce the impact's effectiveness. A good quality, thick and stiff breaker bar with some pipe on the end is a good bit of extra leverage. The trick that experience shows you is that some times it's better to use the big bar, and other times it's better to use the impact so that the bolt never stops unscrewing. Sometimes it'll gall up and take a lot of effort to get moving again, where the impact wrench would avoid that. Other times there's no replacement for a big sodding bar!

11th Aug 2023 9:20pm

Superspoons

Member Since: 24 Jun 2010
Location: East Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 394

2006 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.2 SC V8 Zambezi Silver

Thanks for all your advice and recommendations

I've added to my thread https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic63354-90.html with how its going .... and its not good

Gavin

2005 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.2 Supercharged V8

Follow my 4.2 Supercharged antics -
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic63354.html
https://www.instagram.com/l322_supercharged/
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12th Aug 2023 9:39am

p38arover

Member Since: 16 Dec 2015
Location: Western Sydney
Posts: 1538

I’ve replaced both front struts and the bolts came out easily.

Ahh, the advantage of living where rust isn’t an issue (I have a 20 year old L322 with no rust). Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

12th Aug 2023 12:58pm

MR GLOVER

Member Since: 03 Jan 2015
Location: grimsby
Posts: 604

2005 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Buckingham Blue

lots of wd40 and same tools as all overs used and a lump hammer

12th Aug 2023 1:49pm

MR GLOVER

Member Since: 03 Jan 2015
Location: grimsby
Posts: 604

last resort drill it out ?

12th Aug 2023 1:54pm

Superspoons

Member Since: 24 Jun 2010
Location: East Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 394

Update -

Got it out

I’d tried a 6ft scaffold bar with a breaker - it just bent. In the end I heated the bolt for 5 minutes and then the thread on the nut side. A few good hits with a long sledgehammer on the nut at the end of the thread broke the rust on the bolt and it slowly slid out. New bolts going in so I didn’t worry about the state of the nuts.

Click image to enlarge

14th Aug 2023 10:40am

Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8355

Well done, excellent...

I hope you dipped the new one in salt water to make it as bad for the next owner... Pete
I now have permission from the boss to use Y.O.L.O. Enjoy life
__________________________________________________
2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

14th Aug 2023 10:51am

Superspoons

Member Since: 24 Jun 2010
Location: East Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 394

Quote:
Well done, excellent... Bow down

Thanks - it was challenge but not as bad as the lower ball joint in the hub ...

Quote:
I hope you dipped the new one in salt water to make it as bad for the next owner... Thumbs Up

That's just evil

14th Aug 2023 11:17am

Highroller

Member Since: 18 Jul 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 565

2005 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 V8 Java Black

Oh so satisfying when they come out

14th Aug 2023 11:20am

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