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Chrism551

Member Since: 01 Feb 2021
Location: Blackpool
Posts: 142

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Santorini Black

Impressive job there, I should have fitted new bolts when I changed mine, will do when I get chance.

17th Feb 2023 6:10 pm

deadbeatdad

Member Since: 10 Oct 2022
Location: Scotland
Posts: 68

2010 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Baltic Blue

ransoman wrote:
Where did you get the strut spreader from? I ended up using progressively larger hex sockets but I rounded the corners off of my cheap ones so it made the job that much harder. one of these definately seems like an essential tool.

Amazon

make sure you get thisoine as it has the strengthened spreader on it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keenso-Suspension...&psc=1

21st Feb 2023 5:05 am

ransoman

Member Since: 07 Nov 2022
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 57

2013 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Santorini Black

Thanks., I'll get one ordered in for my next suspension job.

21st Feb 2023 5:50 pm

a100ian

Member Since: 02 Oct 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 163

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Santorini Black

Hi, I am on doing this now myself and am facing a lot of the same troubles that you have.

Just wondering if anyone knows that the dots go to the top like in the photo? It looks like they do to me but I remember reading in Land Rover Owners International that a land rover garage but them on the wrong way up so just wanted to check.

13th May 2023 12:15 pm

a100ian

Member Since: 02 Oct 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 163

13th May 2023 12:15 pm

deadbeatdad

Member Since: 10 Oct 2022
Location: Scotland
Posts: 68

what i did was take photographs of the old spring and the positions the ends sat in in the cups on the shocker and compare the new one to how it would sit

14th May 2023 12:58 pm

ransoman

Member Since: 07 Nov 2022
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 57

I replaced my Passenger side strut last night and thanks to the tip-offs on this forum, I bought a knuckle spreader tool.

In the end, this one was the one I bought:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Q6F2WCH?psc...ct_details

I wanted a brand I had heard of and didn't want a crappy chinese klmfem non-branded one and this one seemed to do the trick. The tool is very good quality and did the job perfectly.

8th Jun 2023 9:23 am

Arctic

Member Since: 24 Aug 2016
Location: Westmidlands
Posts: 428

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Orkney Grey

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I replaced my Passenger side strut last night and thanks to the tip-offs on this forum, I bought a knuckle spreader tool.

In the end, this one was the one I bought:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Q6F2WCH?psc...ct_details

Now that's a tool worth having in your box

2nd Sep 2023 10:10 am

SYFL2

Member Since: 16 Jun 2012
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2550

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Oooo Matron !

2nd Sep 2023 11:09 am

Swanny

Member Since: 24 Sep 2020
Location: Neo Chorio
Posts: 46

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Santorini Black

deadbeatdad wrote:
ha i wish, i still have the other side to do and im going to tackle that oil seal myself. Ive order an oil seal puller and a steering knuckle spreading tool.

I am getting a slight knocking noise when going over bumps from the side ive just done, im thinking its those top mounts which were a loose fit rather than a tight one like the old ones i took out

Hi.....did you discover what the knocking noise was? I have the same sound after four new shocks fitted and I read somewhere on here that the top nut that comes with aftermarket shocks is not suitable for the FL2....was this your problem? The new nuts cannot be tightened down sufficiently due to the lack of a recessed thread. If so.....were you able to replace the nuts in situ and how? My mechanic told me without pulling the shock out there is a risk of the shock piston dropping down.....I would have thought this can't happen due to the pressure in the shock? but what do I know.....any advice would be appreciated. thanks.

11th Oct 2023 7:18 am

jules

Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire
Posts: 4569

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

Arctic wrote:
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I replaced my Passenger side strut last night and thanks to the tip-offs on this forum, I bought a knuckle spreader tool.

In the end, this one was the one I bought:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Q6F2WCH?psc...ct_details

Now that's a tool worth having in your box

Ive just replaced my rear shocks. If the fronts are the same then you dont need a special tool, just a m12 bolt inserted from the "wrong" side and a bit of scrap steel plate to spread the knuckle. Jules

11th Oct 2023 7:10 pm

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