Been thinking about the Range Rover today...

Our local JLR specialist has quoted me £110 to do a full 4 wheel alignment. Last year I replaced all the bushes and ball joints on the front suspension.

I'm in the process of replacing the bushes on both rear wishbones and both rear hubs at the moment which are the ones that are adjustable for the tracking. The others I can't find any play in with a pry bar.

One thing that I've not yet changed in the time I've had the car are the track rod ends. I can't feel any play in them but I've decided that whilst I'm at it I'm going to replace both of them so that it reduces the risk of it needing to be aligned again if one of them starts to show signs of wear.

I've ordered a pair of them this evening so hopefully they'll arrive soon.

I was looking at wheel centre caps for it too... In 2020 I bought a set of these and they were £27 for 4. Today, they retail at £67 for a set of 4!  2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Hi David, how did you drive out the bush with one side having a flange on it and getting in the way. I'm thinking of doing mine soon. Do you also think a 10 Ton press will be up to the job?

Cheers, Paul. 2010 RR Autobiography 5.0 SC
2020 F-Pace SVR 5.0 SC
2018 RRS HSE Dynamic 3.0
2014 Disco XXV
2011 Disco 3.0
2009 RRS HST V8

The lower wishbones don't have the flange on them, that's only on the upper ones.

They were a sod to remove on my last car as you need to press them from the inside to the outside so you can't use a press on them.

From memory with the last car I burnt the rubber out of them and took them out with a hammer and a chisel.

Refitting the new bushes should be doable on a 10 ton press I'd think, removing the old ones might be a bit more difficult. If it is, heat the wishbone and take them out with a hammer and a chisel being careful not to bruise the bore of the arm.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Cheers for that David. At least I now know that there is no way of pressing them out. I will just go carefully when driving them out by hand. 2010 RR Autobiography 5.0 SC
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2018 RRS HSE Dynamic 3.0
2014 Disco XXV
2011 Disco 3.0
2009 RRS HST V8

Have a look at my post here from 26th March 2022.

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic57991-315.html

You can see how I attempted it with some threaded rod. I couldn't use a lot of heat as I'd already painted the wishbone with a 2 pack epoxy paint which I didn't have any more of.

I reckon if you put some heat into the arm and tried that method with the threaded rod you'd probably get one of them out. Then blank the hole with a piece of metal and try the other side.

A little heat into the wishbone makes a huge difference. I just did my lower rears that way after warming the wishbone with oxy/acetylene before they were powder coated.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Great reading. many thanks!  2010 RR Autobiography 5.0 SC
2020 F-Pace SVR 5.0 SC
2018 RRS HSE Dynamic 3.0
2014 Disco XXV
2011 Disco 3.0
2009 RRS HST V8

Managed to get the rear wishbones refitted tonight.

Put some wing protectors face down on the ramp so the wishbones sat on the soft side which allowed me to secure them to the hub and rest them on the ramp so I could refit the airbag into them and position the drop links, etc. before lifting them up and putting the rear bolts into the subframe.

Really pleased with them, they look great.

Oh yea... I found a pair of genuine Land Rover keyrings that I bought from Duckworths Land Rover years ago so put one of them on the key for this RR tonight.