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Lift and the way to go !

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Muddy:
I have found this:

'We now have a jig made to put positive castor onto Discovery series 2 axles as well as the Disco series one and Range Rover axles -- so -- if you have had a 2 inch or more lift or you race off road you need this mod ---we have the technology!'

as well as:

'FRONT AXLE  CASTORED
 150 ex VAT
 
 176.3 inc VAT
 Castor modified to suit application work done to customers casing'

not even that expensive 8)

Eeyore:
Well found, that man.

Didn't realise anyone was offering the reweld the cases, now.

The only problem I can see with it it that it will realign the diff nose, just as the arms would.

The price looks okay...ish - you've still gotta strip and clean the axle to post it to them (ouchie) and rebuild on return. Okay if you need to do it anyway. Mind you, the swivels require you to rebuild both ends of the axle. It's a usefull service for the Tomact owners where the swivels are likely to get bent - means you're only replacing a standard swivel (which is cheaper than a corrected one). If the axle case is reinforced too, it'll really isolate the problem and it'd be worth doing with the case already in bits and getting welded for strenghtening (the extra castor promotes stronger self-centering on non-lifted vehicles, good at high speeds). But for the road car - nah.

Interesting thread!

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Muddy:
Intresting indead!

And i did think that re welding the mounts will just do the same as castor arms. swivels definatly sound like the best soloution

Any idea on costs?

markyb:
yeah very interesting thread,

i do think that there is a lot of trucks running around with incorrect set ,

my current truck certiainly is .

Prop vibration  ,  worn ujs is another but differnlty agree on the unbalance probably lead to uj wear in the first place.

im not a fan in re-welding casing etc,  problems with heat ,tempering etc might cause long term issues. if your doing extreme stuf ,

like the swivels option . like you say only downside is replacement.

i will no doubt fit the 2 inch kit and address the issue afterwards if it arises

I suppose the next question is the percentage of wear caused by the 2 inch lift.
if say a prop is good for 100k on a stock truck.
if on a 2inch lift it only lasts 75k then that would be acceptable against the price of a uj
thoughts?

jeepmadmike:
100K for a land rover component??????

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