brilliant thanks mate, will make life a lot easierjust need to hope neighbours ramp is free over the weekend.
Did you change your drop links at the same time?My set didn't come with instructions either but its fairly straightforward to fit the H&R ARBs (Euro 5, 5 speed van).
Get both sides of whichever end you are working on off the deck to make it easy on yourself, you dont want any torsion on the ARB!
The method I used on the front was to unbolt the drop links from the ARB, then unbolt the subframe saddles. To get clearance to remove the oem ARB, unbolt the NS hard piped section of one of the power steering pipes which allowed me to flex it out of the way (because of the rubber sections its swaged to) in order to remove the dpf sensor connector holding plate. With that out of the way there was enough room to remove the arb out of the NS arch and fit the H&R in the same way the oem came out.
Photos below the pipe bracket and connector mounting plate I remove to get clearance, should give you an idea of where the bolts are on each.
The diagonal metal/rubber hose I unbolted and moved (10mm head bolt).
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Then undid the 17mm headed bolt accessed from behind the plate with the power steering hose shown above moved out of the way (it covers the bolt head if not moved).
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Plenty of room now!
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The rear was easy. Again, with both wheels off the deck and suspension unloaded (ignore the blocks under the wheels in the photo below, that was post ARB fitting!), undo each rear arm clamp and then the middle chassis clamps......just dont drop the ARB on your face!
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No worries.
You'll be needing XZN/Tri square bits to remove the front and rear ARB chassis clamps.
better get ordering...……… rather do everything at once. Sold some limited edition whisky couple of weeks ago and they did way better than I expected so van is getting some upgrades on the excessEntirely up to you really, mine were still in good order too.
My thoughts were; if you are going to the extent of fitting an improved ARB, you might as well improve the drop links to get the best results from the new setup.
I have no idea how much flex the oem 'U' channel drop links have but they dont look the sturdiest! Glad I had the HD Meyle to hand though as one of the oem drop links Torx pattern rounded on removal and needed cutting off.
better get ordering...……… rather do everything at once. Sold some limited edition whisky couple of weeks ago and they did way better than I expected so van is getting some upgrades on the excess
yep that's the ones I have just ordered, thanks again.Very nice!
Travelinlite still sell them for fair money on their Ebay site:
VW T5 T5.1 T6 Meyle HD Droplinks Superb Quality 4yr Warranty Brand New | eBay
Entirely up to you really, mine were still in good order too.
My thoughts were; if you are going to the extent of fitting an improved ARB, you might as well improve the drop links to get the best results from the new setup.
I have no idea how much flex the oem 'U' channel drop links have but they dont look the sturdiest! Glad I had the HD Meyle to hand though as one of the oem drop links Torx pattern rounded out on removal of one side and needed cutting off.
Vanstyle via ebay, seemed to be cheaper to buy them this way rather than direct from their website as there was free postage, even to the highlands and I needed the ones for LED headlights. I paid £449 via ebay and website price with delivery was £485.99, not sure if they have a wee mistake here.
