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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- In this episode we rebuild the front lower suspension arm bushings. They lasted only about 120000 km on our Land Rover Discovery 3. It was the second time we replaced them on our Truck after another 100000 km. We rebushed the OEM arms instead of buying cheap aftermarket replacement arms. We also manufactured tooling to press them into the arms on our lathe.
Please remember, we are not liable for any harm you do to your car, your engine, your surroundings, your marriage or yourself. Use the information given in this video at your own risk.
Parts used in this episode (Discovery 3 2006 EU3):
Front lower ball joints Dephi TC1963
Front lower rear bushings (from Armored Vehicle) Lemförder 3401701
Front lower front bushings (regular) Lemförder 34389
Link to our Ball Joint Tool Kit in the Video
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Thanks for watching,
Vera & Christian
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Of course we want to watch that! Never give up on the LR3 ❤❤❤❤🏋🏻🏋🏻🏋🏻
Vera is a MONSTER 👻 with your Bearing press 😂❤
Lovely to see a happy married couple working and laughing together! Of course the technical knowledge is great also , and as a Landy owner Disco 2 , it is interesting to watch. Great to see you using and loving "copper grease" , or "Kopper Kote" as it's called in Australia.
Cheers Gregg.
"The thing is, if I'm doing that, it's German precision, no matter what I do." 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, Christian, I love your sense of humor ❤❤.
What blows me away is that you know so much about every part of the car Christian! I spent two hours trying to undo the nut on the rear wheel axle of my Austin A30 only to be told it was a left hand nut! Grrrr. You are both so clever.
Oh you must be new. If you like our video, then check out more. 😅👍Then you know why. 🙋♀️
We struggle just like you but I cut the video at the end and make it look easy. Christian
They are Germans! 😂😂😂
@@Vera_and_ChristianLol !!!
Christian is a 'God' of Landrovers!
I hate throwing away things like suspension arms, for the sake of changing the bushes.
But you can see why most car workshops replace the entire suspension arms for new ones with the bushes already fitted. When you include the labour costs, for them it is cheaper to do it that way.
But what a waste!
Well done for doing the job the right way, without wasting a perfectly serviceable suspension arm.
However…………!
I have chased a similar sound to what your new, what you think is rubber to metal noise on my RR Sport for 2 years.
This noise is always worse in the dry Summer, but almost disappears in the wet Winter. We have changed every suspension arm bush and the sway bar bushes. The noise continued.
But we have recently replaced the front wheel bearings and whether it was the bearings or the fact that we replaced the bush bolts for new ones at the same time, the noice has finally completely gone………..we hope😊it will stay that way when it eventually stops raining here!
Thanks as always for your fantastic videos.
Bonjour,
Christian ingénieur & Vera assistante de direction 🥰 il font un couple parfait,
toujours le petits mots qui va bien , adore !
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Your sense of humour makes my day every time I watch your videos 😂❤
Wow, you made that whole job look easy. Had a chuckle at all the one-liners & innuendos 🤣 You know when it's a big job when Christian is in the kitchen, firing up the lathe & milling machine to make custom one of a kind tooling. A brilliant video, Christian & Vera 👏
Definitely one of the best blogs on U Tube, Vera makes the team a complete program
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Vera's laugh when she realises it no longer squeals was one of pure happiness.👍
Your last episode inspired me to repair my under engine shield which was hanging on last 2 bolts. Now i feel like proper mechanic :)
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So glad you guys chose Land Rover rather than Toyota. Otherwise, we'd only see a video every few years!
I think after our Disco 4 engine rebuild, I will buy a Toyota, most likely a Pickup, and show you guys what needs to be done on a Toyota. Just because you don't do anything, doesn't mean nothing needs to be done. 😅👍🙋♀️
Yeah, like how to make coffee and pour coffee and drink coffee….!! Your videos are the best.
Yeah, like how to make coffee and pour coffee and drink coffee….!! Your videos are the best.
You are a superb engineer, your knowledge and attention to detail is superb.
HE is German dont you know
@@keithjefferies9862 would never ever have guessed
Greetings Guys, I love Sunday nights - it German night! Must watch TV - LR Time followed by Laura Kampf. These videos you make on owning and repairing Land Rovers and Range Rovers are fantastic. So much easier to own a Toyota, never do anything other than fluids, filter and tyres - and watch you guys every week doing major surgery to your chariots! It amazes me that all this work is done outside with mostly hand tools and skill. Rain, hail or shine or snow, you are always there doing the hard work, while some of us are sat on the couch, in the Air Cond, eating up the great content you produce. Really love your work and especially the team work! Can't wait for the next exciting episode. Cheers from Perth Western Australia :)
Enjoy watching you guys every week. The Germans are the only other European country to master sarcasm.
Every Man should have a Vera she's lovely bless her.
A lot of men don't deserve a Vera.
They are great but you must look after them.
you are insanely skilled and your relationship is beautiful, I'm here because it is a pleasure to see your german precision at work (I don't even have a LR and worse I am a crappy desktop mechanic), greetings from France ;)
You guys are brilliant. So, in-depth in what you do with a hint of comedy. Love it 😀
CHRISTIAN How did you get so clever with the Land Rovers.....? The Land Rover dealers here in the UK 🇬🇧 are NOT HALF as smart as you and Vera .
GREAT CHANNEL.
It‘s not his job, it‘s his passion.😅👍And he cares.🙋♀️
You can't argue with German precision eye-balling. My family owned a wheel alignment and brake shop for 50-odd years. This video is like mother's milk for me. Nice.
😅👍We already did the alignment, but had to no time to film it. 🙋♀️
GOOD MORNING ....I can't go anywhere until I've seen this weeks video. I always wondered what to do.....Have a great Sunny Sunday!
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a good press is such a useful thing to have.
Vera is very patient! wow!
„Da bin ich“ ..😂 Fun dynamic watching you two work together!
Nice to see you teaching Vera how to change bushes
Good morning from Canada. Perfect motivation to get back under my LR3 and run some new brake lines. Thank you both for the wonderful content.
Good job, I dont know what you would do without Vera!
The Dutch fanclub has a perfect front suspension bushing. Happy Sunday 🎉
Just had my lower control arms done by Roving Mechanical Syd they just replace the whole arm you guys are just awsome love your vids lying in bed watching and laughing cheers guys from down under
Do they recycle the arms by rebuilding them in a workshop or do they use all-new arms?
Lady Vera, Danke - mit *Deutschem Humor.. Freude und Lachen - Kompetente Arbeiten zu machen - 'Mit Christian - Seid -
ein 'Tolles Gespann, darf ich sagen. Macht Freude - Euch - zuzusehen, immer wieder - nehme ich 'Neues - auf.
Herzlichst,
I think Vera deserves 30 more minutes of recess for all the great work filming.
And a snack
Tool for every job and a man to make the tool for every job 👏👏👏
Bin ein LR Fan …. Besitze leider noch keinen …. Eure Video‘s mit eurem Wissen und euer Humor ist der Hammer…. Macht weiter so finde euch klasse ❤Lg aus Aachen
You guys are so much fun to watch! Great knowledge and lots of humor, thank you :)
The speed you dismantle the whole suspension is amazing using proper tools. Thats the way to do it and indeed get grease all over.
Your persistence is remarkable! I would have set the Rovers on fire long time ago. Greetings from a vintage Toyota owner.
Thanks Vers for reminding us about the clutch pedal. You won’t find a Discovery 3/4 with one of those in South Africa.
Changed the tie rod ends myself and had that “not straight” steering wheel issue and suspension issue. Alignment fixed it.
I'll watch the transfer box video, I watch them all, they are most informative even if I don't own a Land Rover, It's nice to see an engineer at work & I so much love the humour of you both, It used to be said by the British that the German's haven't got a sense of humour, we must have got it wrong with the humour you both have
thats how tutorials should be, fast and to the point and funny too and thats from somebody that hates working on landrovers😁😁
Yes absolutely, but about 10 hours of editing goes into a video like ours. 👌👍🙋♀️
Good morning, here starts my Sunday!! Love you guys.
I don't follow many TH-cam channels.
But you guys are A Frinkin pleasure to watch. Great content and knowledgeable advice. We have a 4.6 D2 and Td4 Flander 05 facelift. Love them both. Thanks for your work.. love from Australia 🇦🇺
Christian, I would love to have a workshop like yours. I would be in there everyday tinkering and making 'stuff'! Also, your lift makes life working on cars so much easier, rather than lying on your back in the dirt. How else would you be able to use your long handled torque wrench?! You and Vera make the whole workshop process fun!
Land Rovers, turning owners into mechanics, everyday! 😂
You can work that torque wrench with out a lift. We don't have our lift that long. You just don't have as much leverage and need to remount it more. But no problem. 👍👌🙋♀️
Hi, OH FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR LADY WITH A DISCO 3, saved money on GYM fees when hand pumping the press , always fun to watch . Have fun .😉👍👍
Good evening Vera and Christian 😊 German 🇩🇪 engineering at its best 👍🏻 This video helped relax while I wait for my ferry to Belfast 🤩 No Queen this week 😢 Kisses and hugs for Vera 🤗 xx until next week thanks Stevie 👍🏻🏴
Good planning on Christian's part in incorporating an arm work out for Vera!
Good morning Christian and vera😊 you made that look so easy.preperation is the key to successful jobs.great engineering making your own tools.looking forward to the strip down of the new discovery 4😊😊
You are a machine you make it look so easy and you have all the tools and a beautiful wife. Thank you enjoyed the video very much!
One of the few benefits of a d4 over a d3. Nice to see LR tried to make an ease of maintenance improvement... love the group head slap 😆
When you have time, do a video on changing the brake servo/booster. Love your videos.
Honestly! Your garage and workshop 12:00 is the size of my first home!
Their garage and workshop is the size of my CURRENT home! 😅 I'm so envious!
😅 OMG 🙋♀️
Think I might try some anti seize on my bad knee! No mountain biking or running since last may! Slowly improving watching the best comedy duo to come out of germany since Auf wiedersehen pet! ❤
how does someone find joy in grease!!!!!!!!!! bloody hilarious🥰
Just love watching the both of you! Funny and informative.
I've seen that script too many times. "One thing fixed, now 10 other related things need repair as well." 😂 Thanks for the fantastic videos. Cheers from New Zealand.
Good to know the old BF&I method still works - brute force and ignorance!. Not that I ever had to use it to remove bushings without damaging a suspension arm, nice work Kristian. And nice shoes Vera 🙂
Christian I like your snap ring removal tool. It is well built.
You guys are so lucky 🍀
In Scotland,this job takes another 8 hours due to all our salty roads!
😅👍This Disco is freshly rebuild and gets treated with copper grease on a very regular basis. 👌🙋♀️
Always a joy to watch.
As a English speaking German couple with a great sense of humour, you must seek out and watch a British drama/comedy from the early 80s called, "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet".
About a group of builders from the Geordieland (Newcastle) going of to work in West Germany.
I'm sure you'd really enjoy it.
I have been busy today so my fix had to wait until 1800 hrs and didn’t disappoint. Keep up the fantastic work. Stay safe both of you..
Another successful poke in the eye to the desk top mechanics!!!✌️😂😂😂😂😂❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
Gosh I love your channel! Lots of appreciation from South Africa!
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Hi from Iceland, hope you make more video's, fun video
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you get them bushes out the same way i used to nice work .thank you for the video
Thank you.
B4 I came across your channel Land Rovers cost a lot to insure & that I have never owned 1.
Because you 2 get on so well it is a joy to watch & learn (the learning is that there is a lot more to fixing)
Awesome work as always. I prefer to just buy the Meyle HD lower arms for the better rubber bushes and upgraded ball joints. The cost is worth it IMO.
Nice and correctly carried out job👍
I do like watching your videos I've just done new front arms on my disco 4 but it was more cost effective to replace the full arm the bushes and ball joint came to more than what a full are cost :)
Fast paced! One of your best vids yet! 💪🏻👌🏻🤙🏻
Hey Vera, all my undertrays are painted yellow. 🟡
When you put your car on its side you can inspect the paint job. :)🚖🤪
😅😂👌 I still feel bad for your Disco. 🙋♀️
Ah, she's fine. Big Blue is getting Orange undersides. 🟠🟠
I put polybushes on my Range Rover Classic many years ago ... and then replaced them quickly with OEM 😁 Worst part was as ever, getting the old ones out like you .. and repeated visits to a workshop with a big press !! Best Sunday start as always
BRILLIANT VERA AND CHRISTIAN, THANK YOU
Just had mine replaced and the ARB bushes with polyurethane ones . Rides so much better now .
Christian, any recent alignment jobs done on worn bushings would be toast with the new installation. The 'new noise' actually sounds like possibly a shock mount bushing? Overall, maybe a front alignment to adjust for the new parts. Looks like you caught the bad bushings just in time. Good job guys, excellent video.
Alignment has been done of course after our recent suspension rebuild again.
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Happy Sunday to you all another video "oh my god" 👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Such an immensely satisfying video to see all those bolts come out easily. I know it's from your earlier hard work, but still. Your timing is excellent as I am prepping to do the rear bushings in my L322. On my old series landrover I just burn the rubber out with a torch and then do the same as you did with the saw and chisel.
😅👍We can't do that and show it on TH-cam. 🙋♀️
Oh my gawd. Timely video as i.need to do mine. I also have those Bahco ratcheting circlip pliers. What a fantastic tool!
I can see my lower bushes are flogged out. I have a noise but think it's coming from the top of my left strut.
Always have tool envy when I watch 🤣
Brilliant videos.
Another great video Christian but the thumbnail picture wow! You lucky man
Wonderful video - thankyou
One more time. Super job.
Love the way you say half inch so naturally instead of 12.5 mm. Not very German of you Christian. Love your channel even though i am neither a mechanic or a landrover owner.All the best too you both Guy.
12.7 mm 😉
You proved my point. Begging your forgiveness 😅
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Brilliant his knowledge is amazing
I love the German Precision comments. So true and and none of us can make the same claim.
Great timing! I am replacing my lower arms next week..they have a poly bush in front lower rear bush and the ride is very harsh..hopeing this will improve with new standard bushings 🤞
Great video 👌
Christian it's the lower or the upper ball joint. I had this problem on my Pajero 3.2! The same problem! The same conditions and the parts appeared to be ok. I literally told my wife to drive the car very slowly and I managed to put the point of my finger on the upper ball joint an felt it.
I’ll try that. Thanks. Christian
Hi Christian and Vera. I have a Toyota FJ Cruiser with 226000km. A similar noise turned out to be bottom shock mount bush. Easier to replace my shocks but they are not air shocks like yours. Hello from Australia.
Wow! I'm exhausted just watching that...
....but very impressed (as always).
Not sure of the age of the old suspension arm bushings, but you are working miracles to keep that LR3 going so well (is it nearly 20 years old now?).
Again, as always, already looking forward to next Sunday!
The ball joint separator looks like a great tool...wish it was available in US.
I am pretty sure that O‘Reillys, Harbor Freight or Amazon has a comparable product. I can spend hours in O‘Reillys.😅👍🙋♀️
Very interesting video, thank you.
An air chisel is very effective too👍
ZF owns Lemforder for a long time now . They definitely have the best suspension parts .
Hey Guys. I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and am now busy watching them all. soooo funny and amazing. I know nothing of engines/land rovers but watching your videos are soooo entertaining. Have you thought about buying a freelander and working on that???
We owned a Freelander for 10 years, actually our first Land Rover and my daily. Unfortunately, it cost just as much to own (insurance, tax, diesel) as a Discovery 3. And hardly anyone watched our Freelander videos. Also I do a ton of travel with our son Philipp to BMX contests, and the Freelander got too small unfortunately. 👍🙋♀️
oh right. yes that is understandable. keep the videos coming though - I love them@@Vera_and_Christian
Christian, I have the same press and pushed all my bushes out with it.
I forgot to add, i had to first, cut and grind the bush ends off to make this pissible.
This is just a little hint from a photographer and couch mechanic :). I really like your videos! Always entertaining and exciting! But if you want to get rid of the flickering in your workshop. Select the exposure time of 1/50s on your camera. This should avoid the flickering of the fluorescent tubes on the video.
Love you Guys well done !!
Bro great job and sweet work shop u got
Hi Vera and Christian, this remaining noise sounds like the bushings of the stabilizer. Maybe they are already elder? My car sound like Grandmothers pillow. Even greasing them didnt help. No worn could be detected. But changing them it stopped immediately. Cheers Michael
We did change them but it was not in the video. We even tried two different kinds. I’ll may pack this in a future video. It’s ok now if it does not get worse. Christian
Terrific days work, phew, most shops would take twice the time. I need a beer and hot toastie to cool off.