Land Rover Defender Setup’s

Interesting, not sure I like it. I mean it looks the part, just not sure of its functionality.

I still have the stock steering arms. Over here in the desert there are plenty of chances to knock them about. Some folks have gone to putting on beefier arms. However once bent you can't straighten them as you can with the stock ones and a winch.

If yer bashing about in rocks aren't you more afraid of getting hung up on one with this set up? I realize the axle housing is lower, it just looks like a sticking point?
 
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genocache said:
Interesting, not sure I like it. I mean it looks the part, just not sure of its functionality.

I still have the stock steering arms. Over here in the desert there are plenty of chances to knock them about. Some folks have gone to putting on beefier arms. However once bent you can't straighten them as you can with the stock ones and a winch.

If yer bashing about in rocks aren't you more afraid of getting hung up on one with this set up? I realize the axle housing is lower, it just looks like a sticking point?
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This tubular type protection has been used by the Land Rovers of the armed forces for ages. There have been replicas for a very long time. However, they did not meet my quality requirements. A friend of mine has now built such a protection and it is super solid. The protective tube itself consists of a seamlessly drawn steel tube with a diameter of 60 mm and a wall thickness of 4 mm. The brackets are water jet-cut and CNC-edged. The entire guard is hot-dip galvanized.

For years I had a closed protection in plate form on the 110. While many of the plate variants barely allow the cooling airflow to reach the oil sump and gearbox, I can detect up to 20 degrees Celsius lower temperatures with this protection (and that even now with outside temperatures currently around freezing point here). This will not only benefit the transfer case.

Another advantage of the tube construction, which should not be underestimated, especially when carrying out repairs on the road, is the easy accessibility of the steering linkage and the steering damper.

I'm not worried about getting stuck or hung up on a rock with that one. The part has been tested by the manufacturer under tough conditions.

I will be happy to report on how it works when I have covered more miles with it.
 
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genocache said:
I still have the stock steering arms. Over here in the desert there are plenty of chances to knock them about. Some folks have gone to putting on beefier arms. However once bent you can't straighten them as you can with the stock ones and a winch.
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Fully agree. With a reinforced steering push rod, it is also the case that more load is placed on the steering gear when a lot of force is applied. In my opinion it is better to straighten the weaker original one if this happens. That's the reason why I changed the steering push rod in front of the axle back from HD to original. But I replaced the tie rod behind the axle with a heavy duty one. That one is cranked so that it is actually protected behind the axle and can't get a hit.
 
Thanks Bjoern, I've not seen that style before. Can you take a pic of the mounting point, please? Needs holes drilled? Works on leaf spring vehicles? Friend selling them?
 
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