Pinky wrote:

Today I hit a pothole because some dick was on my side of the road. I got to work and the tiny weep that I thought was my eyeball seal failing was in fact the axle coming apart! Luckily the “fix” Land Rover implemented in their recall actually worked!

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Great that it stopped the wheel detachment in your case However I would not call it a fix by LR as the axle should not have snapped at the wield in the first place and the LR catch brackets did not prevent this. I very much doubt a friction welded one would have snapped in those circumstances.
It does re raise the question that Blackwolf raised before , I.e would LR replace a faulty axle if it snapped due to the faulty weld even if the catch brackets were fitted as part of a recall. I think not, even if you had not changed a single bolt from factory spec.

It’s a bit like Boeing saying the aeroplane doors will likely come of in flight, so we have provided parachutes for everyone to “fix” the problem!

Ps. Watching you rolling around under your defender reminds me of me, albeit you get up a lot quicker than I do

Dinnu wrote:

...I do not want to de value the work done there, but personally I would not trust the repair.

Pinky wrote:

... I weld for a living so trust myself.
You obviously didn't watch the video!