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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: hrh_dave on June 16, 2011, 11:24:57

Title: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: hrh_dave on June 16, 2011, 11:24:57

Hi all and welcome back to the fold...

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of the Paddocks rear cross member? Just bidget is a bit tight at the moment so Im having to look for a bit of a cheappy.....

Thanks in advance...

Dave

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: Lee_D on June 16, 2011, 17:38:58

Put one on my sisters 109 a few years back. No problems. ok not a 90 but...

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: HiQ Lee on June 16, 2011, 19:20:57

if i remember rightly that is where i got mine from and it did fit ok

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: tack43 on June 18, 2011, 19:10:48

Did my 90 a couple of years ago. Fitted ok but seems thinner metal than original. I used the one with extentions as chassis legs had rotted out. Plenty of paint and stone chip and it should last a good few years!

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: Topple on June 28, 2011, 21:29:51

Think I'm going for one from MIB seem to have good reviews elsewhere

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: hrh_dave on June 28, 2011, 22:50:10

Well the paddocks one turned up today.... will post some close ups of it in the morning.... I think tomorrow will mostly be spent re-welding it, and seaming it in places it really should have been done in the first place... I have seen the reviews of the MIB ones and they are meant to be a lot better... But unfortunately I had to go down the cheap and chearful...or maybe that should have been Tearful... hey ho...

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: hrh_dave on June 30, 2011, 10:57:32

Well so far...

Ive got the loom into the new  xmem... only to find a lot of sparks etc that I have grazed the loom with the grinder deep joy... And the other slight problem... this is not a one person job... and to top it all... Its just started lashing down... So in the immortal words... rain has stopped play... GRRR

Title: Re: 90 Rear Cross Member
Post by: Axetamer on July 04, 2011, 21:15:12

When I welded mine on, I wrapped the loom in silver foil to protect it from melting when welding around the extensions near to where it comes out of the chassis.... I found plenty of spare in mine...... although mine is a D44 rear winch x-member which is very heavy duty compared to a paddocks one...fitted it myself on my own with no trouble...held it onto the rear tabs to the tub with the old bolts to support the weight, then it can be rotated into position, I then used clamps on the extensions...tapped it into position ..tacked and welded

Hope this helps....