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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769   
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Those are standard brackets on a 110, I'd buy a nakatenenga rear bracket plate that stops the rear bracket eventually breaking the bottom of the rear 1/4 panel. 4x4 overlander sell them and they don't cost much. Personally I'd clean them up and spray some bilt hamber uc clear wax on the metal brackets as they can rust, so a little time looking after them now keeps them nice in the future. Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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2nd Mar 2016 12:26am |
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| APK Member Since: 13 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 255  
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Thanks! Just looking at the website, I cannot seem to find nakatenega. Is Entreq any good? http://www.4x4overlander.com/product/entre...ainless-2/ |
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2nd Mar 2016 4:19pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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APK
You need this thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic6088.html?highlight=mudflap To explain, it's the bolt in the aluminium body panel that works loose and pulls through...not the bracket itself. Usually because the mudflap flaps in the wind at motorway speeds, or mud and crud and touching the ground when offloading cause strain on the fastening. This fastening...: 
You can buy them, or make them (as I did) using a bit of aluminium strip cut to length with a hole drilled...It's just to reinforce the panel...not the bracket...The reinforcement like this (borrowed from "Red desert": Click image to enlarge Entreq ones here http://www.4x4overlander.com/product/entre...rackets-2/ avoiding this (the mounting bolt has pulled-thru the aluminium body panel): Click image to enlarge YRM also do nice brackets if you need them (but it's the panel reinforcement you need I think - not the bracket) http://www.yrm-metal-solutions.co.uk/epage.../008C-0003 Cheers Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)Last edited by MartinK on 2nd Mar 2016 5:48pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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2nd Mar 2016 5:00pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769
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Sorry, my mistake
 it's the entreq ones I meant that Martin posted a link to above  Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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2nd Mar 2016 5:45pm |
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| Flyingfocrs Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: Deepest darkest Aberdeenshire Posts: 155  
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After doing a home made repair kit on my offside one i noticed the nearside one hanging off after the Snowman Rally so i've ordered the Gwyn Lewis kit.
I'll let you know what I think once i've fitted them. Also after coming out and finding one of the front flaps on the driveway were it had just fallen off with the wind due to the rotten bracket i replaced them with a stainless set. |
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2nd Mar 2016 5:45pm |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2109  
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APK
Happens to me in both sides after 1 year of use. Finally I put an alloy L shape (Thickness: 1 mm, length 8") riveted to the panel and no more problems since. Easy to do an cheap 
Cheers Eduardo MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo" Click image to enlarge |
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2nd Mar 2016 7:31pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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^^^ Agreed, it's an easy and cheap job to reinforce the wing lip with a length of extruded aluminium pop rivetted or Sikaflaxed in place. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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2nd Mar 2016 8:52pm |
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| Bps Member Since: 14 Feb 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 822
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They Gwynn Lewis kit is on my list to. Looks very good
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2nd Mar 2016 9:14pm |
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| APK Member Since: 13 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 255
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Thank you for this. I didn't really understand the issue until you sent this across. Unfortunately the Entreq reinforcing brackets in the link do not seem to be in stock. I am thinking of removing all the mudflaps for now until I sort this out to prevent any damage to the bodywork. Mine is a 110. Is this an issue for the front mudflaps as well, or just the rear? |
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3rd Mar 2016 12:27am |
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| APK Member Since: 13 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 255
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Thanks everyone for your comments!
Please let me know how this goes.
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3rd Mar 2016 12:31am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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That's what I did. APK - it's probably not super-urgent - I did a fair few miles in mine before reinforcing the body panel. And Eduardo says 12 months - I'm sure loads of owners never bother and don't have a problem... a 10cm piece of aluminium strip with a hole drilled is really about all you need (like a large "repair washer"). I have heard the mudflaps can be weakened by towing certain trailers - like a vortex of air making them flap even harder... If I remember rightly, I replaced the nuts/bolts with stainless ones too, and lathered the whole lot in dinitrol. Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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3rd Mar 2016 9:44am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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3rd Mar 2016 11:28am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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What I did with a section of right angle - don't see the need to drill extra holes or use an adhesive - the only extra thing i did was use a large repair washer on the underside - but that was because of the shape of the lip after just a few hundred miles with the standard fixing - from my experience I'd say do it sooner rather than later: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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3rd Mar 2016 11:33am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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Supacat - lovely job, and a few pence rather than �30
Similar to my own repair Thanks for sharing Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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3rd Mar 2016 12:26pm |
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