Vehicle & Technical > Not Anything Listed Above....
RDS ENGINEERING BE WARNED
auf_wiedersehen_pet:
--- Quote from: redhand on June 23, 2010, 19:39:26 ---I've cut and pasted this on LandyZone and Onelaughhaveit.
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Tel:
hi guys theres loads more information on my thread on lr4x4
trading standards are involved and ive sent the initial letter off today to get the ball rolling on this
its not really the money i want back its his dodgy parts that i want to stop being sold to inocent customers
Range Rover Blues:
That part looks damned unsafe. Given that the QT arms fail with serious use and how much stronger thay look than this, wel I'm apalled. Quite obvioulsy there has been little testing.
From what I can see I'd put money on that part breaking there, it looks to have failed in the heat effected zone of the weld, cracked across then snapped completely, probably in a short spaceof time.
Radius arms work under enormous strain, that part really doesn't look up tot he job. I'm pleased in a way that he has removed them from his website, I'm also utterly relieved that this happened to you at a P&P site and (don't takle this the wrong way) that it happened to you, that you were ok and that you decided to share what you knew.
If anyone has a pair of these things, take them off, clean them very carefully and check for the very slightest signs of cracking, even a sharp rusty line, close to the welded part as seen above.
If in doubt, take them off!
Had this part failed at high speed then when the brakes were applied the car would probably lift up heavily on the side with the good arm, steering would be horrible if not inoperative and the car very difficult to keep under control. And that's if it didn't cause the second radius arm to fail.
Serioulsy underdesigned :evil:
V8MoneyPit:
Yes, that is a huge stress raiser at that point, let alone the weakness added by the welding process.
Toppa:
Might be worth sending an email to VOSA as well, they may be interested in a car parts place selling what appear to be very dangeous parts :O
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