Ouch, after many years our Disco's front brush guard met a stationary object. no damage to the body. but it pushed the brush gaurd back an inch or two. I have not investigated underneath but am assuming that the brush guard is attached to compression shocks to absorb impact. Any instructions on how to reposition the brush guard (repressurize compression shocks) back to normal position? Everything else checks out fine except the headlight washers which were knocked out of position.

thanks,

Craig

 

The brush guard bolts directly to the frame.
Only the bumper is bolted to the "crush cans"

 

The holes in the brush guard (or bull bar for correct name ) and the chassis are a little "oversize", so if its hit then in can move quite a lot on the mountings, if you lossen the bolts off (2 each side) you will most likely find you can move it back to its original position quite easily and te-tighten the bolts up again. There is no compression shocks at all.

The tighter you can do the bolts up, the less it moves when you clout it.

 

This will be your call based on what you see when you crawl under to look

 

Thanks, I'll investigate underneath. Good news the brush guard (bull bar) did it's job...Our 2001 just crossed the 100k mark on it's way up the coast from Georgia to Maine, next stop PEI....

Craig

 

What was the stationary object? I have had a tree stump jump right out in front of me with no warning at all before. Fortunately I was creeping in granny low through brush in a beater, so the stump was not injured.