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donmacn



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Ianh - I agree, need to check the diff oil. I have an Ashcroft ATB in there, and I want to be sure it doesn’t go thirsty. I’d have done it when I sorted the flange, but the axle was jacked up at one end so I didn’t think the diff would drain properly. Agree too about measuring the length of the hole viz the bolts - but I only thought about that afterwards!

Andy - I think you might be right - impact gun, 20 bolts and the car is mobile. But it would need to be wheels that allowed access wouldn’t it? Most (?) wouldn’t - boosts etc. Donald

1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong
(The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html )
2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8

in the past..
RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi
1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box
1993 Discovery 300Tdi

not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper...
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ickle



Member Since: 22 Jul 2010
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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alpine White
Surely if you just pop one shaft off the rear then the vehicle can be rolled? Open diff between front and back, open across the rear axle, no effect from the hand brake or gearbox.

Keith
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90 Dreamer



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United Kingdom 2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Corris Grey
CNuts trick if that is really wat they have done @Grenadier......... Evil or Very Mad
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Grenadier



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France 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Corris Grey
As already stated by some, it must be human intervention, whether by the guys in the car park or the night before, as I’d driven it to the hotel (this is all in Lyon btw, not where I live, 200+km away) without any sign, any slack anything at all. Also in the morning. Perhaps (as they were in a LR courtesy car) they’d noticed the axle was devoid of bolts, but I wasn’t around for them to tell me? Opposite side of the car to the driver, so I never noticed.

Fortunately, to answer those that asked, I’d driven no more than 250m before it came out, and very fortunately, (but entirely accidentally) when I drifted to a halt on a Total forecourt, there was a large DIY store next door. So I bought some bolts, popped them in (no sign of shearing), double checked all three remain wheels - tight as - and drove off. What’s more, as a little more info, I changed my half shafts and flanges only three weeks ago and torqued the bolts to the right setting on each wheel. There is no way one should have come out, let alone all five.

Anyway, yet another thing to keep an eye on. Big Cry Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey
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Dinnu



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Malta 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black
ickle wrote:
Surely if you just pop one shaft off the rear then the vehicle can be rolled? Open diff between front and back, open across the rear axle, no effect from the hand brake or gearbox.

Keith


Undo one more nut and they get steering as well. Censored 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
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kenzle8a



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The only downside of the open face on some of the wheels is it makes it very easy for someone else to get their hands on your shaft...
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