4x4'ing gone wrong

[marks-gte]

well i went to a pay and play site at a place called frickley over near doncaster today. all did not go well
that was the 1st puddle i went near, it did not look that deep and panic soon set in as the water came flooding through the dash and then bugger me half an hour later this happened
managed to get another swivel put on and was hoping to limp it bk to the farm and then would you xmas eve itit snapped off again!! ended up having to leave it there and asking the farm management to recover it with a merlo forklift tomorrow so i can try and recover it at the weekend. it has not been a superb day

[BazW]

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WTF!!

gutted for you mate

[laney]

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oh deah mate, thats a nightmare! hope you get it sorted,

im (fingers crossed) taking mine out next weekend, got a few jobs to sort on it 1st, like the massive tyres i bought seem to be rubbing on some of the body panels, ill be attacking it with a grinder, lol

[marks-gte]

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WTF!!

gutted for you mate

thats what i thought, and cheers, i was a little dishearted to be honest.

oh deah mate, thats a nightmare! hope you get it sorted,

im (fingers crossed) taking mine out next weekend, got a few jobs to sort on it 1st, like the massive tyres i bought seem to be rubbing on some of the body panels, ill be attacking it with a grinder, lol

well whatever you do dont go there, its just too wet and sticky. they say its a car breaker, didnt realise it was this true tho. what size tyres have you got for it?

[Blockhead]

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Good work! I don't think I've ever seen a swivel break like that before! Couldn't you have been normal and blown a diff?!

Nothing a few hours won't sort out though once you get it back. I've had to change both axle hub stubs that the wheel bearings go over after separately they both seized up mashing everything they touch. Answer- don't use ordinary LM grease for wheel bearings when forcing them through sandy water. Sticky grease ftw!

Good luck fixing it mate, you'll soon be out again breaking stuff.

[laney]

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thats what i thought, and cheers, i was a little dishearted to be honest.


well whatever you do dont go there, its just too wet and sticky. they say its a car breaker, didnt realise it was this true tho. what size tyres have you got for it?

the tyres i bought are 265/75/16 lol, aparently the steering has a stop that can be adjusted, so ill have a fiddle tomorrow after work, oh and if that dont work, then the hammers will be comming out, lol

[mick g]

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... That's a shame mate.. Sunk without trace

[astradaryl]

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nearly rolled my bros last week oops

[laney]

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nearly rolled my bros last week oops

was that at bures mate?

[astradaryl]

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yes that was us or maby it was the week before, was u there

[1800turbogte]

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Seems like everyone has a winter toy aswel. HMM may have to get me one.
We've got a few puddles like that round here after the rain we've just had.

[laney]

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yes that was us or maby it was the week before, was u there

yeah i was there, was with me mate in his defender 90, should be going this sunday, fingers crossed ill be in me new disco

[marks-gte]

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Good work! I don't think I've ever seen a swivel break like that before! Couldn't you have been normal and blown a diff?!
Good luck fixing it mate, you'll soon be out again breaking stuff.

thats what the bloke said on the phone when i rang up to complain as its a new swivel and only done a 1000 miles, and only about 10 offroad.

the tyres i bought are 265/75/16 lol, aparently the steering has a stop that can be adjusted, so ill have a fiddle tomorrow after work, oh and if that dont work, then the hammers will be comming out, lol

thats what size mine are, and they dont catch on the bodywork, altho mine does have a lift kit on it. the only place it catches is the lugs slightly on the radius arms at the front. as u say, there is a stop, you'll lose some of the turnin circle but nevermind.

[Pablo Escablanche]

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Laney a follower of fashion......... next be shot guns hahahahaah

[Blockhead]

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That is indeed Bures, further to the left is where I nearly rolled coming down, suddenly kicked up the bank and I was fooked :P Do the 2 winch challenge 90's still go there? Was them that saved me...

Need to make time and go again, been a while now, Bures is the best around here, even if it does destroy brake pads within a month or 2