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cornishboy

Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Steering arms

Anyone changed there own steering arms?

I am about to do mine an the new ones have a square edge on the ball into the rack end. Where as what i have on the vehicle does not. Therefore no way to grip the old steering arm to get it out from the rack?

Any ideas?

Thanks

31st Oct 2009 1:03 pm

norto

Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
Posts: 1605

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Chawton White

If you mean the tie rods use a stilson...i did mine yesterday. Pete

2nd Nov 2009 11:08 pm

cornishboy

Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649

Just a little update ( especially for Tim - and I will call you)

I had a go at these this morning. Managed to get them off with stilsons. No bother.

Put it all back together and about to go and get tracking done when all the lights came on HDC fault/suspension lower/special functions off.

So i rebooted - dome it again....

So now I have another fault - any ideas if it is linked?

how far can I drive it with lowered suspension?

Ta

17th Nov 2009 5:27 pm

BrumLee

Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1360

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Bonatti Grey

Do the faults clear once the engine is started? I had these come up in cold weather and it's low battery voltage related

17th Nov 2009 6:28 pm

cornishboy

Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649

No the faults only appear when you go over say 15mph?

You can clear it fine when you restart

18th Nov 2009 1:56 pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20732

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Cairns Blue

Did you have anything else unplugged? Check the wiring to the wheel speed sensor and height sensors etc My D3 Build Thread

TDV8 Retrofit Build Thread

18th Nov 2009 7:37 pm

90BHP

Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
Posts: 3706

2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

I had same warnings when one of my arms was bent in Wales. Warnings were due to steering sensor sending an out of range signal.

In an "old fashined kind of way" did you try and copy settings between new and old. i.e same number of turns to get off, as turns on when replaced? Was the car asleeep when you did the work ?

Sounds like it may be a dealer reset and tracking job

"To finish first, one first has to finish ...."

18th Nov 2009 7:59 pm

cornishboy

Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649

90 BHP - spot on - I could not think that changing these arms would cause the whole system to shut down.

I measured them before removing them but the garage said it was out of range ( not measurable).

So Â£30 tracking and the system is running fine now.

thanks to your bit of knowledge

( PS I was going to do tracking anyway but thought driving it on access mode may create more problems)

19th Nov 2009 11:54 am

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