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Bjohns:
You need sumo bars or dan bars try QT services www.qtservices.co.uk,

These are substantially stronger than the Land-rover equivalant, I went through two sets of standard parts before I found them. But I've yet to find a way of stopping the damper getting trashed, with a substantial guard. It seems designed to be a treestunp catcher.

Good luck
Brian

Disco Inferno:
i spoke to guy at peterborough at the weekend, he recomended getting hold of the drag link, pitman arm and steering damper from a 110. The weld a bracket onto the chassis to take the other end of the damper. He had bought a sumobar conversion and said it was a pile o c**p and tldl me not t buy one, but recomeded using the sumo bars as a replacement to standard bars.

Range Rover Blues:
I have literaly just finished converting our Range Rover to a Defender steering damper, it's one of the few 5-minute jobs I have had this year.  Get the complete drag link from a scrap 110/90 because although the threads are the same for some reason the 110 bar was counter-bored (thread starts 15mm inside the tube) but all the tapers and threads are the same, the drag link was even the same length.  Luckily we have a steering guard fitted so I drilled the mounting hole straight into this, it's more than strong enough for the job.  I mounted this end as low as possible without risking damage when the car is cross-axled, this reduces the flexing on the drop arm when the damper is absorbing those shocks.  Finally I fitted a De Carbon gas damper, which does bias the steering a little, it's cured the pulling to the left but more alarmingly it has negated the self-centering effect when turning sharply right, no more swinging into RH bends and booting it!    :D

Disco Inferno:
i've done exactly the same now, just not had chance to overhaul the joints etc on the drag link. I took measurements from the 100 i took apart so the damper mounts in exactly the same orientation on the disco.

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