Slammin's Range Rover (Pg 9)

[freeride53]

everyone peep this if you want to live

http://www.flickr.com/groups/originalrangerover/

[slammin.e28]

So, just to update my Rover endeavor.

Rode out to Chick Fil A and was being a dick driving up onto the bank over the curb, etc. City cop eyeballin' me the whole time..

Then, as I'm leaving, tearing out of there in my 190hp 4x4 goodness, there's a loud grinding nose from the rear.

FACK!

Get 'er the <1 mile home and park it. I know exactly what's wrong.

Go to work the next morning and order two rear calipers. Hokay. Nice.

Look up the bleeding procedure. Hokay. Fuck that looks like it sucks bollocks.

Throw the RR on the lift and remove the left rear wheel, brake pads. Check movement of the caliper pistons, smooth and clean.

Move on to the other side. Holy shit, the inboard pad is stuck between the caliper housing and the rotor. Metal-to-metal-to-metal. Thing is smoked.

Short story long, the inboard caliper piston came out too far and go stuck. Then rusted up in normal fashion as things do when bare metal is exposed to the elements a 4x4 truck would encounter. It's been like this for a while. I just never thought to check the brakes before driving it.

I've got pics. The pad had been pulled up into the caliper housing and I had to use a screw driver and hammer to pound/pry it out. Rotor is smoked. As a result, the front brakes were being over worked, and now need new pads.

Also discovered the rear sway bar link on the right side came apart a while ago. We're talking ball-out-of-socket type of came apart, buttttt stopping is the priority here. Once I finish welding in the new rear shock mount on the M3, I've got to do a waterpump on the e46, then I can splurge on the Rover. Until then, it sits.

[InuFaye]

Remove that rear bar, WEIGHT SAVINGS!

[slammin.e28]

Remove that rear bar, WEIGHT SAVINGS!

Then I can use that weight savings to carry a spare driveshaft around. FUCK YEAH!

[delatlanta1281]

Remove the rear brakes, easier to tow home ;)

[slammin.e28]

I'll just put one big rotor and caliper on the driveshaft before the rear axle. Done.

[scottinAZ]

Remove that rear bar, WEIGHT SAVINGS!

ahhh its a 4x4 think of it as better articulation :D

[quickervicar]

-Talk to Will for a caliper & any other part you'll need.

-Keep the rear bar on if you're mainly streeting it. You won't gain that much articulation by taking it off.

-For tires I recommend treadwright. Mine are doing quite well for me

Congratulations, and welcome to the club

[quickervicar]

Here's mine

[cheapshot]

For new/used parts http://willtillery.com/

+1. He is less than a mile from my house and I've always dealt with him. Plus he is a fellow vaginian!

[slammin.e28]

Here's mine

Nice! Love it!

+1. He is less than a mile from my house and I've always dealt with him. Plus he is a fellow vaginian!

Haha! I see what you did there!

So far Worldpac has gotten me by. Free next day shipping and parts at near shop cost can't be beat! There are a few things I'll need though, they are mostly of cosmetic nature.

[E30_Pare]

Rover is garbage! We got a 98 rover at my house. Absolutely hate it. Everything always breaks the air ride has failed twice & the check engine never turns off. Besides that I have fun driving it. Besides getting 14 mpg & being slower than a turtle shit. I swapped out the air ride for springs. Got some fat tires on the OEM rims. I've taken it out off roading & the ride is absolutely horrific lol. So rough like a boat in 50 foot swells. It's cool though. I still love it's capabilties

[quickervicar]

The ride depends on the springs you chose to put in, I guess. As far as slow, keep in mind that these things weigh more than the same year Suburban does. (WITH aluminum bodies and engines) They got the steel where it counts.

[E30_Pare]

Actually found the springs @ the junkyard. just went back this past Sunday & found another rover with springs. Still debating if I should pull those. They seem different from the ones I installed. They bolt in instead of using pins

[quickervicar]

No way of knowing load rating/position on used springs once rust sets in