So what did you do to your Disco today?
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#3746
Installed front half of Terra Firma TF201 light duty spring/shock set. Dealing with the deformed lug nuts was as much trouble as the rest of it. I reformed them in my vice once I got them off, not down to the 27mm standard size but good with a 28mm six point socket. I did this spring upgrade because the truck was listing noticeably to the right after the last adventure. Looking under the truck, the right side spring appeared to have fewer coils than the left side. Figured that couldn’t be, but upon removal sure enough that spring was an inch shorter and two coils less than the left side. WTF? I know springs are sometimes handed, but they can’t be that different. One can only guess what occurred over the twenty year 174000 mile existence of this truck. Whatever, the new springs are in there now, gave a two inch lift on this bone stock Rover. The shocks that came off were Land Rover branded shocks and completely dead. Originals? Nothing would surprise me. I amazed the truck did so well on the recent Death Valley foray. Still leans a bit to the right, about an inch difference from the left. Rear springs may be part of that story, I will know shortly. If it still leans, I won't care.
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#3750
I tightened the top steering adjustment set screw on the steering box. This made a big improvement to my death wobble situation. There is still a little wobble at higher speeds, but I can easily maintain 65-70 mph without too much trouble. I probably turned the set screw in a quarter turn.....can I go more? Can I tightened it too much? BTW, it has never been adjusted. Still had some silicone in the allen/hex part of the set screw that I had to dig out to be able to get an allen wrench in it.