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  1. I fitted a discovery rear axle to an old E reg defender i used to have,its a straight swap and the diff ratio's are the same,sometimes in the wet under heavy brakeing the rear end would sometimes lock up and i was told to swap the T piece (appologies if this is the bias valve you mention)in the brake line to one that came off a disc braked vhiecle

  2. I had almost the same suspension set up on my last truck but used super pro bushes and never had a problem. Over the years I have tried most of the other makes of polly bushes including genuine polly bushes and none have lasted. Now I would only fit super pro or go genuine OEM rubber ones.

    HTH

    Brookers

    ive heard the super pro are meant to be good bushes but didnt know anyone that had actually used them,i'll give them a try,thanks

  3. im haveing trouble with my trail arm to chassis bushes splitting,ive tried the flo flex orange and the polybush orange bushes and niether have lasted very long,ive got a 2" lift,adrenalin 4x4 double cranked trail arms,+5" terrafirma shocks and x eng spring extenders,i know the obvious route would be to fit rose or johnny joint arms but with a few other projects going at min funds wont allow,i would have thought that with only +5" shocks the polybushes would stand up to this amount of flex,does anyone have any tips that would prelong the life of the bushes or is rose/johnny joint the only way to go? and if so has anyone had any experiance with them on the road(i use my truck about 30% on road 70% off) thanks

  4. that doesnt sound a bad idea,you would be able to adjust the hand brake from inside the cab too as you twist the handle with the handbrake off to adjust on a jcb,just for the record a jcb 2cx,3cx and 4cx all have the same handbrake lever if you do decide to look for one

  5. ive also just got back from billing,apart the weather it was great day with plenty of bargains on offer,problem is i took the missus so for a piecefull life i resisted spending to much :(

  6. ive never had either brand of shock so dont know which is best(personally though i never buy britpart),but if it was me i'd get them to replace them for what you originally ordered,if there is a warrenty with them and one breaks say a week after fitting i doubt they'll replace it if the reciept states another brand of shock,if you do stick with the britparts id check the price difference too as they may owe you some money.

  7. Beastbackendprere-fit8Jan2011low.jpg

    Defiantely not right on the rear end, as the mid mount position lets the winch self reeve. You can pull from any angle for the whole rope length and not worry what its doing :D On ours we popped in two virtical tubes to stop the top winch point colapsing the cage. Its a good brace/winch-mount combo.

    Here's the winch rollers with roller for the top point hoop.

    4x4showMarch2010low.jpg

    im really likeing that idea mate,think i'll have a look this weekend & see if i can do something similar,thanks for the pics

  8. Why not add a bowmotor 2 to yor TDS winch. Should improve both line pull and no load speed

    bob

    ive thought about that mate & also been looking at the 24v power inverters that dave bowyer sells,apperantly the bowmotors will work on 12 or 24v,

    ideally im wanting to add a second winch and with the tds being a low line thought it'd be ideal for a rear winch

  9. some good info there thanks for the replies fella's,but i think im gonna hang on for an 8274 and buy one of the gwyn lewis winch trays.

    as i said im planning on fitting the tds to the rear,dont suppose any one got any pics or links for a rear winch settup,or pro's & cons of best place to mount it?(i will try doing a search but im not great with computers lol)thanks

  10. thanks for the reply simon,to be honest im quite impressed with the tds,a mate of mine's got a standard 8274 and under load the tds(mines the 173 ratio & fitted 2 batterys) is about the same speed,its just the no-load line speed i was wanting to improve as thats where he benefits everytime as soon as he gets traction,an 8274 is what i was wanting and was then going to fit the tds on the rear,just thought the g12 might have been a cheaper alternative but think i'll hang on for an 8274,thanks again simon

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