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  1. 26th July 2009, 07:57 PM #81
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    Well went out again today to Welborough

    All good until I cracked both my new headlight lenses going through a river crossing. I had covers on them but guess they weren't good enough. I might have to pull out the silicone

    Then to make it worse I stuffed up a tricky descent, landed the front diff on a rock, tried to go back and couldn't so I went forward instead. This dropped it off the diff onto the tie rod, then onto the chassis. In the end we winched the front across and drove out.

    I'll be straightening it out tomorrow, getting a wheel alignment and making myself a guard out of some decent plate

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  2. 26th July 2009, 08:04 PM #82
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    All I can put it down to is fatigued bolts in the a frame or shock eyes ripping off
    It was a massive winch job, aided front wheel drive to drag it up to half flat ground where I cut logs propped it up and pulled the rear end out .
    I broke both shocks (New bilsteins) Tail shaft, trailing arms, ECT
    It was in a very remote part of the Vic highlands(Mt Mckinty /Mt Sunday) but I got a faint bit of mobile phone coverage and was able to order parts and get them sent to Mansfield.
    My wife, daughter (just had first birthday the day before)and I sat there for five days.
    I used the moto to get water and run around.
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  3. 26th July 2009, 08:20 PM #83
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    Quote Originally Posted by 03boz View Post
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    SWB?
    If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/signaturepics/sigpic20865_1.gif
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  4. 26th July 2009, 08:47 PM #84
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    Quote Originally Posted by 03boz View Post
    I had somthing very similar happen out at menai. I had only just fitted my supercharger and new 38 inch super swamper SX, and was showing off to some patrols, by climbing up a cliff. I landed on a rear trailing arm, and bent it slightly. The force of the rear wheel trying to drive foward bent it more like a banana, which kicked the pinion up and snapped the shaft, and the picture looked the same as the one above (car was a silver/black 2 door though with bigger tyres). Luckily the a frame lived, and i was able (somehow) to straighten the rear arm. I had to drive out in (1) front wheel drive, which put paid to the plans i had of shaming the patrols.

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  5. 26th July 2009, 09:00 PM #85
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    I think those failures are too common on Rovers. It all comes from the lower link bending and it breaks everything else under there. I was half wondering if the A-frame on the pic above broke also because the axle went a long way under. Gotta run HD links on these things.
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  6. 26th July 2009, 09:04 PM #86
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    Does this mean I post a pic of the ex-wife
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  7. 26th July 2009, 09:15 PM #87
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    Oh, wasn't this a fun trip

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  8. 26th July 2009, 09:22 PM #88
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    Jesus, was anyone hurt?

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    Oh, wasn't this a fun trip

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  9. 26th July 2009, 09:31 PM #89
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    Just yours truly ... but as you can see ... I'm still here ...

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    Jesus, was anyone hurt?
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  10. 26th July 2009, 09:37 PM #90
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    What happened there?
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