hi
started to replace my front control arms a couple of hours to get them off replaced the front lower arm a bit of a faff but ok moved one to the upper arm wtf could not get it to fit if i put the inner bolt in couldnt get the ball joint in if i put the ball joint in couldnt get the inner bolt in checked new part with old part the same im at a loss

You can do this! Don’t admit defeat!

Ooooops! Sorry, I misread your spelling mistake, Lower Arms done OK, but struggling with UPPER arms, is that right?  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Try jacking up the hub so it’s sitting at a normal(ish) ride height rather than hanging in the air. Sometimes the limit of travel is the ball joint , and when removed, the arms move beyond the ball joint limit so you’d never be able to put the ball joint back in. Holding the suspension at a more normal height allows more flex at the ball joint. V8 or else ...

Gremlin500 wrote:

Ooooops! Sorry, I misread your spelling mistake, Lower Arms done OK, but struggling with UPPER arms, is that right?

yea thats it done the one you show was a faff but done
its the upper what a right pain just ordered a ratchet strap (screwfix) so will try and pull the hub in with that ......the thing is that i have the other side to do as well
i do love my range rover but sometimes just sometimes it drives me mad

@fisha yes done that also let the air out the bag so not fighting against that as well

Than all thats left to suggest is LR tool #1:

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Yeah, similar to the lowers, it’s not easy to get the faces of the bush and bracket perfectly parallel. If the bush is even slightly tilted, it won’t go in. Before you get it any closer, put some silicone grease on the insides of the bracket and the end faces of the metal bush, to at least help align the holes later. Good luck!!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

right done finished(well one side ) in the end i took off the track rod then used the racket strap jacked the hub up and as i was trying to move things around hub fell off the jack but because of the strap it popped into place happy chappy .once the other side is done that's the front suspension sorted and then get the tracking done ......cheers guys

Good job. I think this is a job thats creeping up on me in the near future. Knowing my luck, I'll probably find it a pain like you did. V8 or else ...

Well done! Knuckle slipping off the jack sounds a bit dodgy, but it’s a forceful operation!
When I did my lowers, I could not crack the tapers despite lots of pounding and even heat.
I got a massive US Pro seperator for not a lot of money, and 2 minutes later, it just popped out like a cork!

Looks a strong tool. I have a multiple set of splitting tools bought from eBay in a big blue box. I had to buy something butch to get the bottom swivel joint out on a Freelander 2. In the end, I had to take the whole thing out, and get a Club Hammer and big drift to thwack it out in daylight. The arm had been bent in an accident, and straightened in the past, and the ball joint was bent. It just shows that one never knows what the last member of the bodge it and scarper family has done before you got it. I have my L322 to do on front links sometime, so useful knowledge, thanks.

i’ve got the land rover one made by laser tools 👍