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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: farm4x4 on April 04, 2006, 21:13:26

Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: farm4x4 on April 04, 2006, 21:13:26
How easy is it to fit E reg range rover axles onto a P reg defender?? Can it be done? Has anyone done it?? Any information would be a great help!
Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: Porny on April 04, 2006, 21:16:27
Why would you want to???

Any Defender after 1994 (P reg would be 1997) has a disk braked rear axle as standard, so would you want to swap for an older Range Rover one???

As it happens, would be a straight swap though.....


Ian
Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: farm4x4 on April 04, 2006, 21:56:10
my defender has no axles... and someone offered me a pair of e reg range rover axles for a small fee..
Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: Porny on April 04, 2006, 22:02:01
virtually the same then....

Though at the front you will need the range rover radius arms and a Defender drag link and track rod.... RR has a different steering damper mounting compared to a Defender (and you'll want the 'better' Defender set-up)

Also front calipers.... RR ones may be twin feed (i.e. two inputs) rather than the Defender single feed.  Easiest would be to get a set of defender calipers.... there are other ways around this though.


Ian
Title: Re: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: mmgemini on April 04, 2006, 22:04:57
Quote from: "farm4x4"
How easy is it to fit E reg range rover axles onto a P reg defender?? Can it be done? Has anyone done it?? Any information would be a great help!


As long as it is a 90.
Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: farm4x4 on April 04, 2006, 22:05:06
cheers ian, thats a great help.. looks like i could have all the bits i need!! bein as im lookin at buyin the whole range rover... maybe i should put the big engine in as well!!! you were right about the calipers, they are twin feed, will have to pick some defender ones up.
Title: Range Rover Axles on a Defender??
Post by: Porny on April 04, 2006, 22:07:40
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As long as it is a 90


Not necessarily  :wink:

If you fit 110 rear spring seats and get a custom prop RR axles will also fit (the rear of) a 110.
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