biodoctor Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I'm going to replace both front swivels shortly with new teflon ones,after reading several manuals and topics on various forums on how best to do it,I'm now a bit confused about setting the swivel pre load,below is what i've found,and i can't find out if these are with the large swivel seal fitted or not ,anybody got any help please. haynes manual 3.6 - 4.5 kg Les Henson's topic (from here) 5.5 - 7.3kg topic off "Landy Zone" 12 - 14 lbs DVD "A 4 x 4 is born" 2.5 -3 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Without the seal fitted, and as to what figure it depends on your axle type. 1. Taper bearing bottom and Railko bush top, 200Tdi and earlier. 3.6 - 4.5kg. or 2. Taper bearing top and bottom, 300Tdi onwards. 1.16 to 1.46 kg. Both once the initial inertia has been overcome. I'd use the figure quoted in the Land Rover workshop manual, which is what the above are. Edit: Added figures once I found them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodoctor Posted July 3, 2010 Author Share Posted July 3, 2010 Without the seal fitted, and as to what figure it depends on your axle type. 1. Taper bearing bottom and Railko bush top, 200Tdi and earlier. 3.6 - 4.5kg. or 2. Taper bearing top and bottom, 300Tdi onwards. 1.16 to 1.46 kg. Both once the initial inertia has been overcome. I'd use the figure quoted in the Land Rover workshop manual, which is what the above are. Edit: Added figures once I found them Its a 200tdi with the Railco bush ,sorry i forgot to mention that ,thanks for the quick reply Retroanaconda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 i have just done mine as i had quite a bad steering vibration. (found there was no preload on it.....) with it all together i aimed for between 12-15 pounds. thats what the garage told me to do it to. lots of vibration gone now. but think the insa's are still causing alot of problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I usually set them a pound or two higher than the official figures, to allow for the new parts to bed in slightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweetyduck Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Yeah i too set them a little higher so the new parts could bed in. I used a spring scale (ebay) to set the tension so its likely to be innacurate anyhow and testing it once the inertia is overcome is just guesswork really. The needle on the scale moves quite a bit so you have to do it 20 times to even get close to an average reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Mine is the old style Railko bush type, I set mine to a 4Kg pull. Check out the thread in my signature, somewhere near the end is my axle rebuild with new teflon balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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