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Thread: Landies/Maxi flanges & Rangie Alloys - warning.

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    Landies/Maxi flanges & Rangie Alloys - warning.

    Well I've had the Rangie Vogue wheels on the county for a few months now. Loads of firewood, rubbish, towing the boat, four wheel driving etc etc.
    Guess what. They dont fit properly

    This is what I had to do to remove them.



    If I had a flat somewhere I would never had been able to get them off.

    The problem is that the maxi flange is not recessed like the standard Deefender/ County flange. It turns out I had press fitted them on, & the flange bolts stopped them going up to the hub by about a matched thickness.
    Here is the alloy wheel looking from the inside.




    THe 5 shiny bits are from the maxi flange, as below.




    You can see there is mud on the hub where the wheel should have been flush. Also the wheel studs are not fully engaged The alloy Rangie wheels were actually sitting tight against the 5 bolt heads on the hub instead of the face of the hub.

    You can see on this wheel where the 5 bolt heads were rubbing.




    It would have been interesting having a wheel breaking off coming down mt Slide from Kinglake last weekend. There was about a tonne of wood loaded up .


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    how old are the flanges?? pretty sure the maxi flanges are/were all now produced with the recess to stop this issue....well they were when i tried to buy the buisness 2 years ago.

    cheers phil

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    Does this hold for disco alloys too? Presuming only the spokes are different between the different styles with a common centre and rim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by discowhite View Post
    how old are the flanges?? pretty sure the maxi flanges are/were all now produced with the recess to stop this issue....well they were when i tried to buy the buisness 2 years ago.

    cheers phil
    Good point, I looked up the books & this vehicle was rebuilt around 95/96. I still can't see why the bolt heads were rubbing, recessing the flange would'nt stop that.

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    does any one know if RR whells will fit a series 3?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeeJay View Post
    Good point, I looked up the books & this vehicle was rebuilt around 95/96. I still can't see why the bolt heads were rubbing, recessing the flange would'nt stop that.
    the depth of your flange is really thick, i think the new ones are at least half that thickness. i recall seeing 2 types that mal had on the shelf.
    yourse would suit the steel wheels really well

    cheers phil

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    Phil is right they did redsign them to stop them fouling I have some on the rear of my disco (older style ) and they were tight on my disco alloys....they were ok but they were tight. I now have steels so not a problem
    Our Land Rover does not leak oil! it just marks its territory.......




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    Mine must be smaller coz they fit ok, although the centre cap doesn't fit. Wheel looks similar inside.

    CIMG9403.jpg

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    for what it's worth - the bloody Pardo that I bought my SWMBO, its mags dont come off any easier and they are fitted in toyota factory??? thats why it never goes off road

    Never ever will a toyota grace our driveway again, oh and toyota couldnt care less

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    Quote Originally Posted by blitz View Post
    for what it's worth - the bloody Pardo that I bought my SWMBO, its mags dont come off any easier and they are fitted in toyota factory??? thats why it never goes off road

    Never ever will a toyota grace our driveway again, oh and toyota couldnt care less
    I've watched a guy need a 4x2 and sledge hammer to get a wheel off his new Holden Captiva.
    Almost like nuts were optional.

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