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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551   
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As it is really hard to see and get to, does anyone know what size/type bolt holds it in?
It is quite hard to access and I cannot get any spanner/sockets on it. Mine has come loose and vibrates at 2,500 rmp......  Cheers Don. |
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13th Nov 2022 11:23am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17442 
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They had a habit of working loose and doing what yours is doing, or due to shoddy build control chafing through the ECM harness and stopping the engine (or igniting the vehicle). Landrover's genius low-cost solution was to tell dealers to remove them.
I have always felt that they should be left fitted, after all if you need to remove the engine it is a distinct advantage to have the correct bracket (and you paid for it, so removing it is rather naughty of LR). As far as I recall the bolts are the same size as those for the front bracket, which are M8 flange head. The fact that they are flange head means that the hex is smaller than the standard 10mm for an M8, probably 8mm AF. Perhaps I've been lucky, mine wasn't stolen removed by the dealer and has never come loose. It did start chafing through the engine harness but it was no worse than the other seven places that the harness was chafing and at least, unlike down by the turbo actuator and at the top front of the engine, there was no copper showing through. The scary chafe was the main feed from the alternator to the battery, which was showing bare copper when flexed. How that didn't set the car on fire I do not know. Desperately sloppy build control, very sad how little care LR showed towards the end. |
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13th Nov 2022 12:47pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17442
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Really, you've heard of one snapping? Tell me more.... |
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13th Nov 2022 12:48pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5724 
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Why?
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13th Nov 2022 9:31pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17442
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I don't understand what would cause an engine lifting bracket to snap.
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13th Nov 2022 9:43pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5724
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I don’t either. Assume vibration.
Broken bracket here. https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic63360...ne+bracket |
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14th Nov 2022 8:05am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17442
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Thank you, I'd forgotten that thread.
I suspect that the top bolt fell out and vibration did the rest, but as you say, they can definitely fracture! |
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14th Nov 2022 9:52am |
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