Ex Member Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 They are there because Land Rover put them there. There is no more logic than that. Maybe someone in the factory in the 80s could come up with one, but even that is doubtful. The parts catalogues are only a good 90% accurate. Land Rover and quality control are not to be used in the same paragraph. The big question is why you care? If they are rusty buy a set of stainless ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 It’s just people getting confused with the retainer and the gasket I think. Or thinking that a second one is somehow beneficial (which it isn’t!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurbie Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) or maybee , they engineerd a single thicker plate , and used these when the 2 thinner plate's were used up on the production line .... Edited November 14, 2019 by hurbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Or it could be a lot simpler than that. Maybe the swivel plates just arrived in the factory in a big stack, and they were hard to separate into individual plates. They might be stuck together by oil, grease, paint, whatever. So they just two on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 ^^^^ I think what Gaz said. Stuck together with oil from the press line. Landroversforever on here scanned these and makes nice replacements in stainless steel which is a much more appropriate material for where they live. Buying some from him might get his 90 finished earlier ... But I doubt it 😉 Mo @landroversforever 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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