Dinnu
Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
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[quote="Pacha"]blackwolf wrote:Ianh wrote:
You will also find a lot of fasteners on modern Landrovers (and on other vehicles, especially Jap ones) that are non-preferred sizes, which is a major pain in the whatnot. For example, there are several metric thread fasteners on a Defender with a 12mm AF head instead of a 13mm AF head.
On Defenders we have the additional thrill of still having Unified and British Standard thread forms. Your front axle, for example, has a bizarre combination of metric standard, UNF and BSF threads, all of which require different size spanners!
Further compounded when the fitting involves a nut and bolt & the bolt head is a different size to the nut 
Maybe JLR have thought about the DIYer or third world countries where they do not always have multiple spanners of the same size.  1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
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12th Jan 2021 9:52pm |
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Co1
Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
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rockster57 wrote:Co1 wrote:I used to have an old Peugeot that was littered with 5 sided bolt heads. That was an utter pain in the wheel nuts I can tell you!
Now that bit of info interests me. Wondering whether this is a potential for reasonably priced security fasteners  
I managed to get hold of a set of sockets for them, pent (as in pentagon) sockets I believe they are called. Haven’t seen them anywhere other than on a Peugeot and I’ve been in engineering now for over 20 years, so a great security option. I can’t see any scrote coming to steal your landy armed with a set of pent sockets! |
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13th Jan 2021 6:09am |
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Notyalc
Member Since: 27 Jul 2018
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 164
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[quote="Dinnu"]Pacha wrote:blackwolf wrote:Ianh wrote:
You will also find a lot of fasteners on modern Landrovers (and on other vehicles, especially Jap ones) that are non-preferred sizes, which is a major pain in the whatnot. For example, there are several metric thread fasteners on a Defender with a 12mm AF head instead of a 13mm AF head.
On Defenders we have the additional thrill of still having Unified and British Standard thread forms. Your front axle, for example, has a bizarre combination of metric standard, UNF and BSF threads, all of which require different size spanners!
Further compounded when the fitting involves a nut and bolt & the bolt head is a different size to the nut
Maybe JLR have thought about the DIYer or third world countries where they do not always have multiple spanners of the same size.
That’s the American way, common sense really, so you use two different sized spanner's. Not many kits have duplicates...
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13th Jan 2021 7:34pm |
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Pacha
Member Since: 23 Feb 2020
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 772
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No serious LR owner has one 'kit'. Rgds.
Chris
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13th Jan 2021 8:53pm |
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