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Rich_P:
The halfshafts are weak for a reason.  What would you rather have snap?  A gearbox mainshaft, propshaft that will smash the underside of the LR to bits or a halfshaft go bang and just lose drive on that axle?  :wink:

S188:
It can and has been done before.  I think the hard bit is getting the steering rods in the right place as coilers have the track rod behind the axle which fowls the diff or springs.

I saw a 109 with a nicely done setup being trialed a couple of years ago (I think its turning circle was better than my 88 S1! And he was still aloud to shunt.).  The owner was from the shropshire land rover club (not quite sure on the name) and he said they'd made some plans as to how to do it.  I'd try aproching that club to find out who it was, he was happy to explain it.  Sadly my memory can't remember it.

philbert:
Glen
thanks for that will do some searching

phil

zimsoundz:
Evening guys,

Great site here :)

I've been looking at swapping the front axel in particular on mine to a defenders to get some added width due to the fact that my wheels rub on my springs when turning (got bronco grizzly's 285R16).

Apart from the fact that i'm pretty sure they're a bit narrower, will it be ok to run a defender 90's on the front and a salsbury on the rear, as i've got one of those already.

Also as said above, disks would be nice :)

Cheers

Gordon
P.S. this is my little 3.5 v8 toy which sits quite high :) The front bull bars & wich were missing at this time.

Rich_P:
The axles are wider, so wheel arch extensions are likely to be required (ala Defender).  But otherwise, you shouldn't have any issues as long as you convert the axles to leafs properly.

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