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netsonic Steve



Member Since: 06 Oct 2010
Location: Sussex
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United Kingdom 2002 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Epsom Green
Front Upper suspension Ball Joint replacement RBK500210

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Has anyone tried replacing this, the arm looks straight forward but this has a force fit as well as the 2 torx bolts, need to know if it’s a hammer and cold chisel job once the torx are removed, access looks tricky, RAVE makes it look as though it just falls out..............really

Post #157461 14th Dec 2012 5:04pm
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Richcl



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United Kingdom 2002 Range Rover HSE Td6 Zermatt Silver

The torx head bolts will no doubt round off with rust, so you'll need alternative means of removing. They can be slightly taxing to remove...

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speedymarktd6



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United Kingdom 2010 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Santorini Black

I did both mine chiseled the sh£t out of them and got heat on them did them on the car and took about couple of hours each one but once you start chiseling your at the point of no return they have to come out then and they will but they are hard work as for refit i used a drill with an attachment a worn sanding disk that fitted the hole perfect so just run it up down the hole to clean out the rust i used a lot of copper grease to refit and they pretty much slid in i believe i didnt use oem parts they were blue box parts but there were no problems with them and it made a big difference onto no6 Range Rover

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47p2



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Torx bolts will be a pig of a job to come out, buy new ones before starting the work. Use something like the Irwin bolt remover to remove the torx

Post #157475 14th Dec 2012 5:50pm
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netsonic Steve



Member Since: 06 Oct 2010
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United Kingdom 2002 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Epsom Green

Thanks for the replies, i was hoping if i used plenty of Plus-Gas all would come loose, but looks like it could be a lot of hammering...........there's not a huge amount of access to get a hammer and chisel in on the top of the ball joint but will take a look.........i have the parts all genuine including the torx bolts and my indy landrover place quoted £179 labour to do both sides which is starting to sound tempting

Post #157622 15th Dec 2012 4:00pm
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