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Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Who can identify this part?

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I'm looking at what looks like a wire rope that loops under the universal joint on the propshaft. Its it some sort of tether/safety restraint?

1st Feb 2016 4:01pm

rustyboxx

Member Since: 08 Oct 2012
Location: Poole
Posts: 548

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Montalcino Red

It certainly looks like it. Possibly to prevent a flailing, failed propshaft from puncturing the long range tank? 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching
2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant
2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through
1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable
1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy
1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome

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1st Feb 2016 4:13pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6772

Safety rope to stop the prop dropping to the road and flipping the car/digging in to the road if it ever broke, on a hilux Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html

1st Feb 2016 4:13pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

Interesting - don't think I have seen that on any other vehicle.

1st Feb 2016 5:55pm

Alien

Member Since: 18 Jan 2015
Location: Bacchus Marsh
Posts: 230

I've seen catch straps fitted to light commercial trucks/lorries over here.
Most off road race cars(rally, speedway) I've seen have to have them fitted also. Cheers,
Kyle.

2nd Feb 2016 6:35am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6638

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

An admission of shoddy quality if ever I saw one

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

2nd Feb 2016 8:15am

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6772

ive only ever seen them fitted to jap motors Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html

2nd Feb 2016 10:50am

Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: Región Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

I seen this device in some Defenders in the Patagonia (aftermarket) were the corrugated roads can do a lot of damage to the drivetrain.

The idea -as mk1collector said- is to prevent accidents when the prop drops due a failure of the joints.

Cheers Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

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2nd Feb 2016 1:01pm

DonH2000

Member Since: 12 Jan 2015
Location: North Kent
Posts: 551

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

Have you seen what damage a flailing prop-shaft does? In the early 1980's I drove Bedford CF vans for a living and one of the fleet had a prop-shaft let go at 60 mph...... You could stand in hole it made in the floor!!!!!

Unfortunately no iPhones then so no pic! Cheers Don.

4th Feb 2016 2:37pm

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