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Are these additional shocks ?

So you must have missed the post by Nige Skip back and send him a PM

I am no expert by any means, but a colleague in the AWDC had a similar problem and if I remember correctly there was an O ring that was not seated correctly or was perished causing compressor problems. Endeavour with Dave

Yep, it's a whip checker. And no, I would not use an 8m rope designed specifically for off road use.....on a road. But Tommy would.....once he has replaced his tow bar.

Call Tommy Eee ates Discooos as well.....sorry!! Call Ashcroft would be my advice and I know for sure they will answer the phone.

8m is a good length for a rope with a soft eye at each end that will fit snugly over a 50mm tow ball. Definitely hawser laid. This should also include a sliding sleeve that will prevent the rope from whipping back and cutting your head off or at the very least, give you a nasty bruise or dent your car. Sorry to get back on topic

Sorry Wabbit That was a bit off the cuff but your post cracked me up

Are you sure you have got your Yorkshire spell checker on ? I thought it said Eee ere cooms Tommy, eel be able to sort it out, ee always doos. So while Tommy rocks up in his vastly modified Disco, with a (reasonably) standard tow bar/plough......he saves the day............. If you go to 3.99 minutes of the video you can hear the bloke in the really sorted truck cab screaming...........Tommy can you hear me!! TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME!??????

Tommy can you hear me? Dear dear Tommy.......he always turns up to save the day......or maybe he should just stick to pinball. If Tommy ever comes near me when I am stuck I will spring the claymores first.

Personally, I think that was was staged with a chainsaw.......but it did make me chuckle!

From the original post, it would suggest that the words ''tow rope'' would suggest off road recovery. Standard tow balls are for towing, standard bumpers are for bumping and axles are there for drive and suspension and no designer/manufacturer of an off road vehicle (unless specific i.e military) will allow for the sort of forces generated by a snatch recovery. The forces involved in a snatch recovery are huge. If you allow for the factors of 2.5t per truck slamming against each other via a connection (rope) it would be logical to assume 5t of force. So to get the actual forces as far as tension in the rope and also forces applied from the connection points, you have to include a dynamic equation which will include mass, acceleration and friction. Without these figures you cannot asses the forces involved but I can guarantee it will be a hell of a lot more than 5t. For example, a 1000kg WLL electric chain hoist, say a Loadstar, that travels at 4m per minute will accelerate to that speed in one quarter of a second producing about 25% of dynamic load = 1250kg for one quarter of a second....and no friction is allowed for here which is normally around 30% when a sheave with the correct D,d ratio of a minimum of 19>1 is used. Web slings, SWR and chain should NEVER be used for snatch due to non elasticity and steel shackles form a lethal missile. All good slings and SWR will have a safety factor of 7:1 and this will be advertised in the label/cert attached to them, but chain only has a 2:1 factor and chain will do exactly as it says on the tin. Slings and steel wire rope however work to a minimum breaking load (MBL) and will survive loads far greater than advertised..........this is basically an insurance policy for the manufacturer. I have had a reading of 27t on a 2t masterlink on a 150t line tester and although severely deformed, did not break. The best load bearing component of a truck will be the chassis rails as they are put into tension but they are only as strong as the attachment point to them so this will be the weakest point. The thread on an M16 bolt will start to strip at about 10t of gradually applied force. Well I may not be very good with diffs (once again, cheers Steve).........but I have been a lifting engineer for the last 30 years and hope this helps a little.

Sorry Nige given a 3 hour drive back I could really not be arsed to pop in and besides....I forgot the whisk. Steve A huge thank you for today and as said, it was worth the trip for the correction on the mis advice for the spline thing.....otherwise the quill would just have bloody well popped out again on Sunday. Nick

And this will be the exact whisk!!! http://s1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/weebroon1/Land%20rovers/?action=view&current=DSC01502.jpg

Nige I understand completely that Kevin should fix this but as you know well, talking to him is like pushing an egg through treacle with a whisk........while jumping up and down on a pogo stick......with a dodgy spring......and a broken leg. And a sore wrist I have just spoken to Steve and would not have posted this if I had not. So off to Godalming in the morning to see the main man......disconnect the trailer and once the main man has assessed what he thinks is wrong, heading several thousand metres to attack Kevin with a whisk. I can only assume that the front door of clock barn is not as difficult to get an answer from. Steve (team idris)....we have been skimming the ether with each other for a few years now and it would be good to actually meet face to face, so when are you comping next ? I am based in Gloucester. Nick Brown

Big thank you to Steve I have given up trying to call KAM as it is easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle... Off to the farm now with a sledge hammer, loctite, instant gasket and patience.