Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 11:46 am
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Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
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Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:52 pm
Gives new definition to being IFS now. Or how not to do beam axle to IFS conversion.....
Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 10:34 pm
That didn't take much abuse 
Good thing its a bolt on part 
Good thing its a bolt on part Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 10:55 pm
Yeah I've been trying to work out all day what the hell exactly happened....its almost as if he broke the tie rod (or tore the drivers side rod end out of it), putting the tyre at an awkward angle, and then the weight of the vehicle just decapitated the knuckle completely...
Surely that cant be a normal failure... those LR swivel housings are not exactly a light duty item.. I'm always reading about LR using stronger nodular iron housings this that and the other thing...
Surely that cant be a normal failure... those LR swivel housings are not exactly a light duty item.. I'm always reading about LR using stronger nodular iron housings this that and the other thing...
Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 8:21 am
Looks like it broke the chrome ball off the swivel housing, on the outside of where it bolts onto the main axle housing 
In the shot at the end i'm sure you can still see the ring of bolts and mounting flanges in place.
Busted king pin, yep ok, but that, WTF
That's right up there with some of the Dana failures you see the rock crawlers make happen
In the shot at the end i'm sure you can still see the ring of bolts and mounting flanges in place.
Busted king pin, yep ok, but that, WTF
That's right up there with some of the Dana failures you see the rock crawlers make happen
Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 5:04 pm
Good thing with the landy axle is a 14mm spanner and swap that axle out!
It must have been damaged already, surely? It broke too easily, not aggressive tyres or excess speed.
It must have been damaged already, surely? It broke too easily, not aggressive tyres or excess speed.
Re: Disco dumps steering knuckle - 'its not you, its me'
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 8:40 pm
Love the light bar setup over the windscreen.