Vehicle & Technical > Freelander

Another lift question!

(1/4) > >>

V8MoneyPit:
I finally got round to fitting the Celtic4x4 50mm lift on the TD4 yesterday. No problems at the rear but I'm not happy with the front.

Where you have to cut the body there is a structural member inside and you really have to remove the welded flange to get track rod clearance at full rebound. This is fine if you run a bead of weld along it, but on the passenger side there is a wiring harness running along there! Being typical Land Rover, there is zero slack in the harness, so it cannot be relocated. On this side, I've left the metal flange in place. I'd rather have the track rod bind on metal than wiring!

Also, I reckon the lower ball joints are necking out on full rebound. If this is the case, it is potentially dangerous. Anyone else found this?

One other thing! Have any of you found the front ends up with loads of positive camber after fitting this kit? I can't see that there is any adjustment on the Freelander.

JC:
Hi there V8, remember this post from Nov last year ??

"Hi Guys, I have had the Bearmach Lift kit fitted for some time and offroad /Green Lane quite often. If you do opt for their kit I would recommend fitting their camber pins, and taking it to a garage that can check the geometry too. Mine was a long way out after fitting and as I commute 140 miles a day, I couldn't afford to replace tyres any quicker than I already do !!"

The camber problem is taken care of by camber pins in the Bearmach Kit, I'm not familiar with the Celtic Kit so I can't comment on how or if they address it.
IMHO.. as I said above geometry check is a must.
On the 1.8 petrol there are fuel feed and return lines as well as the clutch hydraulic line to foul with the track rod joins !!

V8MoneyPit:
Ah yes! Should have looked back first!

I've ordered some pins from Bearmach. My colleague has camber gauges for his daughters race car so we can set it up if I can find the spec.
Anyone know what the camber setting should be on the Freelander?


Another interesting part of the previous thread was this:
"Think it is fine with 40mm lift but my V6 (and believe it is faily common) had a banging noise prior to fitting lift that nobody could diagnose...only occured when dropping down off somthing and we noticed when fitting lift this was probably what was causing it and when we cut this bit it and fitted lift it sorted the problem out."

Ours no longer crashes on rebound over bumps either.

JC:
Sounds like a plan ..... i've no idea what the settings are ?
I dont suppose the angles are in with the pins are they ??
I never fitted mine so I dont know....
Good luck and keep us posted ....

V8MoneyPit:
A rarity for me, but I remembered to take before and after pictures.

If you are observant, you'll also notice the addition of a towbar. Had a busy day yesterday!

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page