Rear wheel carriers for Defenders/Countys

seen this:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-your-own.html

Damn thats some nice looking work:cool:, not doubting your skills, but dont the earlier defenders have a stronger cross member?

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Originally Posted by EchiDna

seen this:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-your-own.html

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Yeah, even though I've been meaning to make some wheel carriers for a while, Clarkie's thread got my **** into gear because of the flangeless hubs. Getting the hubs saved a whole lot of mucking around (even if you can only get them from WA)

Cheers, Murray

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Originally Posted by crump

dont the earlier defenders have a stronger cross member?

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That's why I asked the questions at the start of this thread. If I did end up selling a wheel carrier to a fellow member, I would feel bad if it didn't fit, not that I wouldn't be happy to sort out any problems of corse. I'm just not sure if there are any differences from one model to another. I prefer to do things right the first time if I can. :D

Cheers

some good looking wheel carriers there.

Murray how is the round axle held in place, and what diameter did you use?

I am looking at making a swing out camp kitchen based on the same setup.

thanks

Peter

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Originally Posted by rar110

Murray how is the round axle held in place, and what diameter did you use?

thanks

Peter

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G'day Peter,
The axle will be welded to the bracket.
It's a 39mm diameter standard stub axle.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by rijidij

I'm just not sure if there are any differences from one model to another. I prefer to do things right the first time if I can. :D

Cheers

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County's until (I think) 1987 still had the bracket for the hinge for a drop down tail gate. When Fred Smith made up my carrier over ten years ago he simply cut the bracket off.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6...s001mq0.th.jpg

HTH,
Rob

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Originally Posted by isuzubob

County's until (I think) 1987 still had the bracket for the hinge for a drop down tail gate.

Rob

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Thanks for reminding me Rob. I knew there would be something i'd forget.
Nothing an angle grinder wont fix......afterall, how many Countys have you seen fitted with a drop down tail gate.

Murray

I'm still on holidays, so I've managed to get a fair bit done on the carriers.
Looking at wheel carriers, there doesn't seem to be a lot to them, but if you break it down it's surprising how many bits there are.
This picture shows all the individual components.......approx' 104 pieces so far.
Once I've drilled a few more holes, tapped some threads etc etc, I can start welding things together.

Murray

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/01/597.jpg

A bit more progress. It's the fiddly little bits like this that take time.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/01/536.jpg