Thread: Railko bushing, seating

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Have you thought about converting to tapered roller bearings the same as early 1948 models and all Range Rover Classic and Discovery 1 and 2?

I didn't know it was possible, i thought i was doing the right thing going to Railko instead of cones..

Originally Posted by ashhhhh

I didn't know it was possible, i thought i was doing the right thing going to Railko instead of cones..

Railko are better than cones, but some people are going to tapered rollers. The reason was that in the 1940s there was a lot of corrugated roads that would hammer and brinnel the tapered rollers, cones were a slight improvement but Railko a vast improvement.

Now that our vehicles don't do the amount of corrugated roads they used to tapered roller bearings are an option. The steering is lighter and they are easier to lubricate. Basically you use the same bearing that is on the bottom and machine down the Railko pin to 19mm and the correct shoulder (can't remember the length). Brian Danielson LVS sells the pins already machined, but they are a rough and ready job, if you have a lathe and a bit of time its an easy job. As Terry says, there is a bit of kick, so you need a steering damper, something that was fitted to most Land Rovers from late SIIa.