schoolboy_vet Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hi all, I currently have a 90 (1985) which i only brought 2 weeks ago, and it currently has a defender front axle and a disco rear axle. the person prior to me has put disco wheels on which don't fit onto the front axle safely. if i brought a set of 4 defender wheels will they fit onto the disco axle or am i going to have to have to different sets of wheels or buy a new axle. any info would help before i go buying new wheels Regards Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Defender steel wheels will fit on both axles fine ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolboy_vet Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Brilliant news just what I wanted to hear Mo means I can do some much needed landrover ordering. Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Discovery 1 steels these should fit without any problems. this particular wheel is on a Series LR front axle. What do you mean by 'not fitting safely' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolboy_vet Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 I have some alloy discovery wheels which came on the landrover but when taken to the garage they said they couldn't get them to sit flush due them being a typefof discovery wheel which would need part or it grinding down. This also produces wobble when reaching around 50mph. I'll see of I can get a photo to show the type I have on. Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Alloys won't fit early pre 300tdi vehicles because the drive member on hub is a lot bigger & fouls the inside of the wheel, Don't take any material off the heels, to fit alloys safely buy some spacer/adaptors. this will explain http://www.web-rover.co.uk/nav.php?p=articles/alloys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolboy_vet Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Argh Okay that's why then sounds like what the garage said to me but left out about the alloys then but, defender wheels will fit on the disco axle aswell? Or is there a specific disco axle that only defender wheels will fit. Sorry for asking so many questions completely new to all this and first landrover I will be doing my own work on. Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Disco 1 and defender wheels share the same stud pattern, so the wheel stud holes physically line up. Early 90s had the thick drive member ( the part of the axle at the hub with 5bolts around the little plastic cap). This meant later alloy wheels with a "closed" face would not seat properly against the hub. Most steel wheels do not have a closed face so will fit early and late axles with no issues. If you really want alloys, then you have two options that don't require the grinding of wheels or hubs. 1: Spacer kit....readily available and they move the mounting face outward which gives increased track/better turning circle and some may say enhanced looks. Buy hubcentric type for a safer fitment. 2: Replace axle for a later type...300 tdi/td5 defender for sure, disco 1 front axle has narrow flanges too iirc. Alloy wheels bolt straight on per factory fitment. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolboy_vet Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Fantastic thank you all for your help. It has help explain so much tomorrow, well today will be landrover spending day Regards Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 If you go for spacers to keep your existing alloy wheels, change the drive member bolts from hex head bolts to Allen cap head bolts otherwise the corners of the hex heads will foul the alloy wheel and you'll still have trouble fitting them. HTH Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelw Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Or swap out the existing 10spline diff shafta CVs stubbs and hubs and replace with 24spline variety like I did in order to fit alloys on my early Disco http://projectrusty1992.blogspot.nl/?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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