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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2411   
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Why is that?
Yo can get away with a bent rod but not with a molten diff  Puma 110" SW
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9th Apr 2012 3:11pm |
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| Harryb450 Member Since: 11 Dec 2011 Location: over yonder Posts: 283  
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I personally wouldnt recommend the solid steering bars, as i had a mate who had them and when he got snarled it broke one of the lugs off the swivel housing
 thats just my two pence worth 
plus standard bars are easier to straighten when out in the field  |
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9th Apr 2012 3:12pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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Probably best to keep with LR OE but protect it? |
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9th Apr 2012 3:13pm |
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| Harryb450 Member Since: 11 Dec 2011 Location: over yonder Posts: 283
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9th Apr 2012 3:14pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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yep that's the one I have!
But, why is it RHD diff diferent from LHD? Isn't the diff the same whether is RHD or LHD? Same diff, same fixings, same protection 
The one on the rear has those brackets ... It's a straight fit...But I only now have a decent set of tools to do the job myself! Regards Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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9th Apr 2012 3:26pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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The chances of actually cracking a diff are pretty remote to be honest (unless you're doing competition). The chances or bending a track rod etc or breaking it / or and the ends are far higher. Better to take replacement ends as spares. You may say its easy to straighten a bar in the field but trust me, it isn't. Doesn't matter if its a green lane in the UK, but somewhere more remote its a problem if your truck is going sideways or you can't steer it. If you're going to be on a track where the rocks are so sharp / large that there is a good chance you're going to knacker your diff, then I'd think twice about attempting it (there is nothing like that in the uk, certainly not on a green lane anyway, maybe with the exception of parker moor but even that's not hard in terms of vehicle damage or the potential of it) |
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9th Apr 2012 3:46pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2411
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Totally different topographic situations then. Cordilleran roads have lots of rock debris and honestly you can not clean the road up totally by hand. So, we need to drive through them carefully and undoubtly the diff is hit quite often. Puma 110" SW
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9th Apr 2012 4:00pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
I fitted them after banging the rear diff off a boulder buried in heather whilst going to collect a deer I had shot. Each to their own in what they need/want to fit to their own vehicle
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9th Apr 2012 4:15pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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Fair enough
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9th Apr 2012 4:22pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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Very true needs and wants are two different things but in my opinion being prepared for the unexpected is always the best. Easy to get cought out underneath with things like river crossings / fords as you can't exactly tell what's down there. And of course you get the ****** some times that do things on purpose to damage vehicles. I've seen barbed wire pulled across a Byway before |
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9th Apr 2012 4:24pm |
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| Harryb450 Member Since: 11 Dec 2011 Location: over yonder Posts: 283
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So then going off what Lorryman100 says, these are the correct ones for a 90, no welding required
http://www.qtservices.co.uk/parts/defender...-guar.html |
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9th Apr 2012 4:42pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
Don't get me wrong, I look for and take on board the opinions offered by people with more practical experience than myself. Sometimes though want and need get in the way of the decision process and after the almighty thud and scrapping noise of the hidden boulder the diff guards became a need. Don't think I have hit anything else apart from a LGV pre-crushed traffic cone which the rear diff dragged for a mile on the M9 and a spilt load of breeze blocks on a back road.
Slightly 
If anyone needs their waxoyl removed from under their defender? Just drive over Heather (the plant!!) a few times, especially when wet....... removes it a treat  |
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9th Apr 2012 4:45pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
That is the ones I would have went for had I had a 90.
I see the back guard doesn't need attached to the diff/axle casing? Must just use the securing bracket over the top of the Diff as per the front ones? |
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9th Apr 2012 4:50pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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I've had one or two of those Southdown axle / diff guards before and my current Southdown steering guard has been fitted to at least my last three or four Defenders. They are excellent bits of kit but ISTR that Southdown are no longer involved in the underbody protection game and are instead concentrating on lighter products: http://www.southdown4x4.co.uk/ Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  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. Last edited by Happyoldgit on 9th Apr 2012 8:38pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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9th Apr 2012 5:12pm |
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