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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223  
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Excuse my ignorance, which manifests itself in many ways, but I thought the TD5 had a 36 spline steering wheel.
Apologies if being stupid again.  1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
1967 Morris Traveller 1966 Morris Convertible 2012 VW T5 Camper Quod Abundat Non Obstat. |
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24th Oct 2019 3:24pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5191
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yeah the TD5 is a 36 spline, not a 48. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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24th Oct 2019 3:26pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2530 
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24th Oct 2019 3:29pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6611 
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If it’s a genuine factory Td5 XS it would have been built with a 36 spline column as the XS was a posher CSW
 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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24th Oct 2019 6:42pm |
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| Oldowner Member Since: 26 Dec 2018 Location: South west Posts: 625 
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The half posh td5 county csw has 36 spline too
For anoraks all around that chart is wrong too as the base spec 2015MY was fitted with the D type wheel with DSC. |
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24th Oct 2019 7:17pm |
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| NAS90 Member Since: 26 Sep 2018 Location: Norfolk Posts: 45
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Can't explain the why, but it's a late model TD5, XS spec from the factory and is definitely a 48 spline not a 36 wheel Is there such a thing as too many Defenders?....
NAS90 Soft Top, 50th Anniversary, Spectre 110 Puma, Ex Italian Police 90 with JE V8 Auto |
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24th Oct 2019 7:46pm |
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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223
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Could the steering column have been changed ? 1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
1967 Morris Traveller 1966 Morris Convertible 2012 VW T5 Camper Quod Abundat Non Obstat. |
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24th Oct 2019 8:15pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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It's more likely that LR just used whatever they had to hand when building it. There have been lots of reported instances where the number of splines don't match that chart, which is why the usual advice is to physically count them rather than relying on what should have been. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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24th Oct 2019 9:24pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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My Td5 has 48 splines late 2006
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25th Oct 2019 1:34am |
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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223
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Doh !
 1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
1967 Morris Traveller 1966 Morris Convertible 2012 VW T5 Camper Quod Abundat Non Obstat. |
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25th Oct 2019 7:33am |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6611
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A non Station wagon Td5 (soft top, pick up, van sides) would have had a 48 spline and a flat wheel.
As the OP’s 110 had an aftermarket wheel on it there’s a chance the wrong one was bought by whoever fitted it and the column was changed! Even Defender production wasn’t really a case of “fit whatever is at hand”. The two different splined columns were for the two different style steering wheels. Although there was a batch of non-leather station wagon (lumpy) wheels that ended up on XS Pumas, I’m not sure that standard production station wagons would have ended up with the flat Tdi-type wheel (excepting special builds etc) just for the sake of “using what’s to hand”. 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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25th Oct 2019 7:41am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Except that the leather-clad XS wheel was available in both 36 and 48 spline versions, which makes it entirely possible in this particular case. Anyway, experience tells us that something must have happened. There are two people in this thread alone that have the 'wrong' number of splines on their wheel. There may, of course, have actually been a plan within LR that explains this but regardless, there are numerous vehicles running around with a different steering column than the table above suggests. They can't all have had their columns replaced. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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25th Oct 2019 12:53pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6611
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The lumpy wheel only became 48 spline midway through 2008MY production when the 36 spline column was stopped and all Defenders went over to 48 spline.
At the time a Td5 XS was built the wheel fitted was only available in a 36 spline version. Anyway, it's all a mystery. My research and the resulting table from my old site is a very good starting point for what should be fitted, but who knows what's happened after any Defender left the factory 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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25th Oct 2019 12:59pm |
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