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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Skywalker on December 05, 2005, 21:38:54

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Skywalker on December 05, 2005, 21:38:54

Due to a nasty grinding noise from the rear I crawled underneath to have a look  :shock:      I got out pretty da*m quick as well cos' I couldn't see owt' for mud  :oops:

Amazing aimt' it, you spend a small fortune at the powerwash and think you've got most of it ....................  but it clings on like concrete.

Anyway, enough rambling, 1/4 hour with a screwdriver and wire brush and found (as I thought  :cry: ), one rear pad down to metal and very sad looking rear disc.

Anyway folks all I need to know is what do you use to get the 2" (52mm) retaining nuts off with, is it a trip to Halfrauds or the local motor factor tomorrow for a BIG socket, or is there another way ............  except beating it with a stick (or a hammer and chisel)  :wink:

any advice gratefully received

Yours, very cold, damp and pi%^&*d off

Dave

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 05, 2005, 21:58:33

Do you mean the BIG nut in the hub (can't remember the official name)


I've got one of the box-spanners that size, if you want to borrow?

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Skywalker on December 05, 2005, 22:30:31

"BIG NUT" in the hub seems a very apt descriptiom to me Richard

Been doing a search on the web and it seems I need one of these

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/CrewCab53/HubNutSpanner.jpg)

If I can't pick one up locally tomorrow I'll give you a shout

Many thanks

Dave

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: datalas on December 06, 2005, 09:29:06

a hubnut spanner..

should only be a couple of quid.

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Eeyore on December 06, 2005, 09:55:40

Yep - you should be able to secure a box spanner for about a fiver.

However, when you reassemble the hub, use good quality locking washers, not really cheap ones, because they corrode on the the hubnuts and are a complete pain to remove later. I eneded up buying a 52mm 1/2" drive socket for doing the job (which I obtained from  here (http://www.toolbay.biz/)).

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 06, 2005, 20:21:15

Quote from: "Skywalker"

If I can't pick one up locally tomorrow I'll give you a shout

Many thanks

Dave

That's the very item I put in the Discovery last night.

I'm in tomorrow morning finishing off removing the last of 45 square-metres of carpet in readiness for new, so if need be you could nip over for it in the morning??

Alternatively text me an address & I'll try to drop it off on the way to work

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Skywalker on December 07, 2005, 00:22:42

Thanks everybody  :)

Sorted it this morning, managed to get a socket locally

Good job really as the torque setting for the rear hub nut on my motor is

210Nm


 :shock:   :shock:   :shock:

Also probably need long scaffold bar  :cry:

Dave

Title: Defender rear discs
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 07, 2005, 11:43:06

Quote from: "Skywalker"

Thanks everybody  :)

Sorted it this morning, managed to get a socket locally

Dave

All's well, that ends well then :D