Anti Roll Bar Linkages

Tonight I did a bit more of the suspension upgrade by fitting new Anti Roll Bar linkages

Getting them has been an adventure in itself, I  tried buying them from Bearmach who were out of stock and then found myself after getting a hole in the radiator in my Suzuki just 100m from the main Land Rover main dealers in Cardiff and was offered them for a cool £44.00 +VAT EACH! which I declined and picked up pair from Unipart for less than half of that

So to summarise the job...

Remove the split pin and the castellated nut that holds the linkage to the chassis

Removing the Anti Roll bar from the linkage with 2 sockets

Putting the new one back with plenty of copper grease on the screw in case I ever need to remove it again

And once tightened up as much as you can insert the split pin into the castellated nut as shown below and once pushed right into place bend one side over to lock it in place

Then put the new bushes in place. The ones I had chosen were the blue polyurethane ones in the middle below. To be honest the old ones on the left and the new ones that came with the new linkages both looked OK, but everyone tells me the polyurethane ones will be stiffer and for £8.00 that's a good inexpensive addition that makes sense  

Tightening things up again and then a quick final shot of copper grease to keep things tidy until I get a chance to coat things in something more permanent

 

 So here it is all together. In this view you can see the linkage at the end of the bar and it's attachment to the axle and where it attaches to the rear chassis

And in this slightly wider view you can see the complete anti roll bar running acroos the fuel tank