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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Winter / Spring upgrades
Just got the beast back from Wildwood, who installed an Ashcroft ATB in the rear, Ashcroft HD half shafts and Gwynn Lewis propshafts, front and rear. Drive line much, much smoother, gear change and pick up clonk, gone, even the gearstick which used to shake at any speed, is now car like and stable. Much improved on road driving. Halfshafts were totally gone apparently.

Earlier in the winter, Alive comfort springs were added, isolators front and rear, top and bottom, dropped the beast by about an inch. On road, much smoother, it doesn’t bounce around and is drivable, night and day difference in driving it



Don’t worry Roy, I’ll clean the rims before I hand them over Thumbs Up

Added a flatdog 41” LED bar on the cargobear rack, wired into a separate switch, it’s got it’s cover on, as it’s not e marked the gap was annoying between the roof and rack, even though you can buy a sloping add on rack, this looked better IMHO

Also added the soft A bar with Lazer ST8, which is wired into full beam


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Dixon Fab Rock sliders



Rear recovery hitch from Entreq



Replaced the plastic heater knobs



A little,light hearted badge


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Xmas presents





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Stacey007



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Looks good,


Interested about the drive shunt etc as mine currently feels when I lift off the power it 'lurches' hard to explain.

What does the new prop shaft 'add' just less play etc?

I'm soon to have an uprated roll bar and Bilsteins fitted to mine but interesting to hear about the other mods.

Thanks
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Cool, like the pedal covers, do the isolaters bring her back to standard height? I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/
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JOW240725



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Looking great! Thumbs Up I want to see the new wheels? Whistle James
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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
@stacey. Needs a good wash Thumbs Up

Mine was twisted when I got it, so it does have updated ARB front and rear, and Bilstein b6’s which having driven other D90’s, makes a big difference

The springs make it much more stable and planted, I think the isolators do help cushion the spring to chassis bounce, crashing, metal to metal, think all the upgrades have taken all the slack and vibration out of the driveline. It’s very smooth, and gear changes do feel much easier, I do have a slick shift too.

@Osloblue. The isolators have probably added 1/4” back, although they have probably compressed with the weight back on. It has lowered it and closed the gaps under the wheel arches. So, I’m guessing it’s dropped just under an inch, but, bodyroll has gone, completely, driving on road is much smoother, bumps and joins in the road as soaked up, so much, much better and the harshness has gone.
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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
JOW240725 wrote:
Looking great! Thumbs Up I want to see the new wheels? Whistle


The Bowlers going on next week Thumbs Up
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Stacey007



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Thumbs Up

What does the new propshaft 'do' does that take part of the clunckness out.....
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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
The rear halfshafts were badly worn, the rear diff was worn / slack, the rear propshaft was also on the way out, bad UJ. So, hard to pin point what took away the slack, My guess, all of this removed it together.
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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Before drop


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After drop


Post #765960 29th Mar 2019 3:49pm
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Co1



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Loire Blue
How many miles have you got out of the diff? Did you do the output shaft as well?
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2010Blackdefender90



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It was clonking when I got it at 62K miles... it got worse as now has 71k... yes, replaced.
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Co1



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Mine is clonking at 65k. Have done he half shafts but to no avail. I think I’ll end up going the same route as you.
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2010Blackdefender90



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Slack in the propshaft / UJ or the diff is worn...
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Co1



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UJs are good, I’ll vid the slack in the diff and post in here for opinions.
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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Orkney Grey
You've made some nice mods there. I particularly like the pouches and molle panel on the rear door.

I'm not sure about the springs though - your comparison pic looks like the rear has been dropped by a lot more than an inch. It appears as though the back is heavily loaded Confused Darren

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