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I did the panhard rod the same as this. The Nissan one is hollow and the rover one is solid and is a (very) tight fit in side the nissan tube. Just cut them a bit longer than needed, knock the one inside the other, fit to truck and make sure it is the right length and then weld it up. Easy!

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If it is just the bearings that are shot then they can be rebuilt. But it is not that straightforward and the number of Discos being scrapped in the UK at the mo its possible to pick one up for peanuts. Perhaps I should start freighting spares to Australia!

Most common cause of the death wobbles is poorly adjusted swivel preload. You need to get in there with a spring balance and start removing shims by the sound of it. Saying that I have just been through the same process with my disco and finally ended up swapping axles. I had changed panhard rod ...

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beginning to look decidedly second hand... but still goes well

Here is mine. Standard (tuned) 200 TDi, Nissan GQ axles, 2" spring lift.

She has won her class first time out and had second overall in the last event done.

Cost? Not a lot as I did all the work myself. Axles were £300 (less than one ARB locker). OK I have no front locker but then less chance of ...

they fit no worries

Just thought I would add a link to the write up of my axle swap.


http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=29887&hl=

Given them some serious abuse to date without issues running 36" bogger type tyres. The truck is not used on the road so the vibration issue associated with offet rear diff and ...

Giantracing.. i have passed your message on to my mate. It seems that the seller of the axles wanted £400 extra to leave the USED calipers on. So Nissan must charge alot more for new!

Now if GQ ones would actually fit there would be no problem......

GU axles are simply NOT found in breakers yards over here (been searching for months). My mate has the axles (from heaven knows where!) to fit under a Toyota challenge truck but unfortunately the calipers were already removed. So a pair is needed in any case. No idea of Nissan prices but talking in ...

Quick question for a friend. He needs new front calipers for a GU, 2001 model. It is for an off-road vehicle so he doesn't want to pay main dealer prices. So do calipers from earlier models (GQ) or other models (Terrano, pickups etc) fit? Small mods to make fit not a problem.

Cheers

Mark

Just a quicky. I have reassembled my auto free wheeling hubs after having them on the bench in bits for 6 months. I think I may have got something wrong though as they click quite a bit. Does anyone have an exploded diagram of them they can post up please. There is one washer in there I am unsure of ...

See this thread for pics as I hate going through the photobucket route to get them on here!

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=29887&hl=

Took it onto tarmac yesterday and sad to report it does vibrate. Not excessive but you wouldn't want to drive that far like it (but with 37" mud tyres you wouldn't want to anyway!!). A tip for anyone doing this. Because the front axle of the GQ is wider that the rover one the drag link comes out too ...

Finally fitted the GQ axles under the Discovery and have been for first test drive (although I have no brakes yet!!!). Can report no vibration problems as of yet though I only managed 25 mph on a gravel track! Hopefully my brake hoses will arrive tomorrow and I can get and have a proper test of all ...

No idea Mick. Would be interested if anyone has anymore info...

Thats a nice ute on the advert posted above. Here is a build up thread for when I did mine. Maybe a bit extreme for daily use but the engineering problems you will have will be the same

http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php ... t=trayback

HI there

I am currently undertaking this conversion on my winch challenge Disco. Note absolute minimun road miles so hoping vibration issue won't be too bad. Front axle was easy. Cut off the perches from both axles and swap them over. On the reer I stripped the axle bear and am currently welding on ...

From your description it sounds more like the small torsional spring has gone just as it seems to do on all Disco rear doors. New springs can be bought from Ebay but cost quite a bit for what they are (but will fix it). I have heard that you can use the spring that works the child-safety locks as a ...

It will fit. Just change the swivel housing from the 24 spliner and bolt it to the axle tube from the 10 spliner. No differences in the casings.

Great post. i am fitting GQ axles under a landie and have the rear locker. I also had an old Subaru (Justy here in the UK, not sure you have them in OZ) with vacuum operated 2/4wd selection via switch on gear selector. I have rescues the solenoid from this and it certainly looks like it will do the ...

That makes sense now. i am used to a Land Rover where you pull the shaft out without removing the hub and if you need to remove the disc the hub has to come off first. i will give it a go and see what happens

Much obliged to you

Mark

I see the bolts you refer to but first I need to remove the hub-brake disc/rotor assembly. Its that bit I am having problems with. There appears to be a big flat nut in the sentre with 2 raised tabs on it but can't see how to remove it short of tapping it round with a hammer but don't want to do ...

Just in process of rebuilding a set of GQ axles (to solve the inherent weakness of my Discovery I hope). Done the front no problem but now started on the rear and am faced with an unfamiliar set-up. So before i go and hammer the sh*t out of it what is the correct procedure for removing hubs/shafts ...

Have a look at this link for some ideas.

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=20628&st=0&start=0

The ZF pump mentioned is definately the single best upgrade if you can get one there. Another mate bought the pump and the ram to do something similar but found the improvement with the ZF ...

Another thread running in the Uk

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=21706&st=0

Pics of my LR spring mount relocation can be found on page 3 (saves me photobucketing them!)

Has no-one ever done this, or are auto-free-wheel hubs not common in OZ?

Or are they simply reliable and strong enough that I don't really need to do anything to them?

Cheers

Mark

Started mine yesterday. Cut off old perches and welded the rover ones on. 98cm centres for the shock mounts if anyone is interested. I actually widened the Nissan perch by 6mm each side to make the rover mounts fit at correct width! Need to crack off the pinion flange and gwet my mate to redrill to ...

We've had loads of trouble bending draglinks on defenders over here for years. Especially bad is competions where they insist on sending you over tree-stumps :x :x
Tried all types of uprated links and bent them all. Now run a link protector by Gwyn Lewis and really no problems since. Its is a ...