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Advice needed (antiroll bar mount) - Fixed now

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Guardian.:
can i suggest you weld a plate in the mount so to stop you crushing it again.
it doesnt need to be thick 3mm would be ample to make the square 'frame' rigid, it would never bend then, as it will now be a weak point.

simdeb:
my 200 tdi has got the mounts but has never had the antiroll bars fitted and has passed several mots, would have thought he will still fail it as the mount is damaged and needs cutting of and a new one fitting just a thought

simon

solihull-mick:
As  a current mot tester i can tell you for a fact if theanti roll bars are removed, your vehicle cannot fail on them, If you guy starts moaning ask him for the reason for rejection, and get him to show you the testers book, he can`t fail your motor!!!! 8)

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "solihull-mick" ---As  a current mot tester i can tell you for a fact if theanti roll bars are removed, your vehicle cannot fail on them, If you guy starts moaning ask him for the reason for rejection, and get him to show you the testers book, he can`t fail your motor!!!! 8)
--- End quote ---
I agree, my mate is the quality controller for a local test station and works with the Ministry closely, he says the same, if it's not there it can't be tested.  There is not even a catagory for ARB not fitted, that's because it's not a failure D'OH.

Anyhow, I'd suggest a strong towrope around the ARB and give it a sharp tug from something heavy, it's not uncommon to find them bent like this and I think they were designed to give rather than hang up or cause damage to something else, but they are a bit flimsy.

freeagent:
i straightened one worse than that last month,

you need a nice long crow bar, or bit of heavy walled tube to use as a lever, then put the end into the mount and start to bend it down, just a little bit at a time.

You also need a heavy sledge hammer, because as you lever the mount down, you need to hit it to push it either backwards or forwards.

if you use a really heavy hammer, the weight of the hammer will move it. gauranteed.

the longer your lever/ crow bar the better, we used a piece of stainless tube about 4 foot long.

we did this on the driveway, in the rain and it only took about 15 mins, you wont get anywhere tying ropes to it, or any other monkey business, as you've got no momentry force, and no control.

do it with a lever, and it'll straighten up, i gaurantee it.

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