Land Rover Defender Workshop 1993 Rover Manual

SUSPENSION 
LEVELLING UNIT 
Functional check 
A Boge Hydromat  levelling unit is located  in the 
centre 
of the  rear  axle. 
When  the vehicle  is unladen  the levelling  unit has 
little  effect.  The unit is self
-energising  and hence  the 
vehicle  has 
to be driven  before  the unit  becomes 
effective,  the time  taken  for this  to happen  being 
dependant  upon the vehicle  load,  the speed  at which 
it  is  driven  and the roughness  of the  terrain  being 
crossed. 
If the  vehicle is...

SUSPENSION 
REMOVE LEVELLING  UNIT  SPRINGS AND SHOCK  ABSORBERS 
WARNING: 
The  levelling  unit contains Remove  rear springs 
pressurised  gas and  must  not be dismantled  nor 1. Slacken the rear  road  wheel  nuts and raise 
the  casing  screws  removed.  Repair is by  the rear  of the  vehicle  and lower  the chassis 
replacement 
of complete unit only.  on 
the  axle  stands  or similar  supports  and 
remove  the road  wheels. 
1. Raise  and support  the vehicle  under the 2. Support  the weight...

SUSPENSION 
PAN HARD ROD                                                                                RADIUS ARM 
Remove  Remove 
1. Remove fixings at mounting  arm. 1. Loosen road wheel  retaining  nuts. 
2. Remove fixings at axle  bracket. 2. Raise  front of vehicle.  Support  chassis on 
3. Remove Panhard rod.  stands 
and remove  wheel. 
4. Press out flexible  bushes.  Ensure the steel 3. Support  front axle weight  with  jack. 
tubing  locates  on the  outer  edge of the  bush 
and  not on the...

SUSPENSION 
8. Press out flexible  bushes. 
Refit 
9. Press  in replacement  bushes.  7. Withdraw  lower seating  washer,  rubber bush 
and  cupwasher. 
8. Remove  fixings, shock absorber to mounting 
bracket. 
9.  Withdraw  mounting bracket. 
10. 
Lift off top seating  washer,  rubber bush and 
CAUTION: When  pressing  in new  bushes  press 
on  outer  edge of bush  and not 
rubber inner. 
10. Reverse 1 to 7. Tighten  fixings to following 
torques:  cupwasher. 
Radius  arm to chassis  176Nm. 
Radius...

SUSPENSION 
FRONT ROAD SPRING BUMP STOP 
Remove  Remove 
1. Remove front shock  absorber. 1. Remove  fixings. 
CAUTION: Avoid over stretching  brake hoses.  If 
necessary  loosen 
hose connector locknuts to 
allow hoses to follow axle. 
2. Remove  bump stop. 
2. Lower  axle sufficient  to free  road  spring. 
3.  Withdraw  road spring. 
4. Withdraw  shock absorber  bracket securing 
ring. 
Refit 
3.  Position  bolts in slots  in chassis  brackets. 
4. Fit bump  stop, secure  with washers  and nuts....

SUSPENSION 
ANTI-ROLL BAR ASSEMBLY 
KEY 
1. Anti-roll bar 5. Nut  and  washer 
2. Rubber  bush 6. Castellated  nut and  cotter  pin 
3.  Strap 
7. Ball  joint  link arm 
4. Nut,  bolt,  washer 
ANTI-ROLL  BAR FRONT Refit 
Remove 4. Position  bushes on anti-roll  bar.  Ensure  split 
points  towards  axle. 
1. Mark for reassembly  position of rubber bushes 5. Fit anti-roll  bar with  two straps. To ensure 
on  anti
-roll  bar. 
correct fit angled  sides of bar  should  point 
2. Remove  four nuts, bolts...

SUSPENSION 
ANTI-ROLL BAR BALL JOINT LINKS 
Remove 
1. Remove  two nuts,  bolts,  washers  and rubber 
bushes  from ball 
joint links. 
2. Remove  cotter pin and  loosen  castellated  nut 
a 
few turns. 
3. Release  ball joint  using special tool 18G 
1063A  as shown. 
4. Remove  castellated  nut and  ball joint  link. 
Refit 
5. Fit  ball  joint  link and  castellated  nut. Ensure 
ball  joint  link arm  points 
up. Tighten  to 40Nm 
and fit new  cotter  pin. 
6. Align anti-roll bar  to ball  joint...

BRAKING SYSTEM 
BRAKES 
DESCRIPTION 
The  mechanical  components of the Defender 90 
braking  system consists  of four  piston  caliper  disc 
brakes  at the  front  and twin  piston  caliper  disc 
brakes  at the  rear.  The Defender 
110 system 
consists  of single  cylinder  drum brakes  at the  rear 
and  four  piston  caliper  disc brakes  at the  front.  The 
cable  controlled  handbrake,  common 
to both 
vehicles,  is a mechanically  operated single drum 
type  brake  mounted  on the  output...