thanks guys,:thumbs
anyone got a link to the repair manual? i'll have a go this weekend
any pointers/things to make life easier
when you get under there its blindingly easy. First remove the skid plate (a few 10m bolts). The anti-roll bar is secured at four points...two c-clamps on the centre section - two bolts on each of them and a bush in each that needs replacing, then its secured at each end to the droplinks. Taking it all apart is very simple when you look. Just note where the bushes are when you take it apart so the new ones go back in the same place with the big washers (you'll see what I mean)
The only messy bit will be that the droplinks will probably be welded with rust so you need a small grinder or disk cutter to just cut them away from the ends of the ARB.
Then just reverse the procedure...fit the new droplinks to the ARB then drop them through the locating holes in the wishbones and semi-tighten the nuts BEFORE you then fit the c-clamps and their bushes into place, its much easier than doing the c-clamps first!
and make absolutely sure that the droplinks come with nyloc nuts or have a locking nut as well or they just shake loose....
it sounds worse than it is - trust me its a job a chimp could do and will cost you just the price of a set of poly bushes from Milners, whereas the garage will charge you £75-100 with labour!
and dnt forget to replace the skid plate
If you absolutely have to, you can drive it with the droplinks and the ARB removed temporarily - its perfectly fine so long as you don't drive like a looney, just take it easy.....if you drive it hard, the suspension dives if you corner fast and can make you lose control, but at
sensible speeds its fine.....Thats not a recommendation bY the way, just in case you don't get new bushes in time to reassemble the ARB and need t use the truck.
