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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Guy90 on December 16, 2006, 12:32:48

Title: Swivels
Post by: Guy90 on December 16, 2006, 12:32:48

How you tell which is top and bottom of the chrome ball. I've taken mine off and can't remember now :oops:

The ball is at an angle when you look at it sideways.

The one I'm looking at is the driver side.

Thanks

Title: Swivels
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 16, 2006, 13:07:51

The king pin inclines outwards at the bottom so that the steering axis runs through the tyre contact patch and reduces scrub radius.  It also means the tyrs go positive camber on lock and lifts the front end of the car, helping with self-centring.  This is called dynamic camber.

But aren't there 7 bolt holes in the mounting ring?

Title: Swivels
Post by: Eeyore on December 16, 2006, 13:22:27

If memory serves correctly, it'll only bolt on in one position.

I may however be totally worng but I seem to recall having the same questions when I was rebuilding mine!

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: Swivels
Post by: Guy90 on December 16, 2006, 13:41:57

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

The king pin inclines outwards at the bottom so that the steering axis runs through the tyre contact patch and reduces scrub radius.  It also means the tyrs go positive camber on lock and lifts the front end of the car, helping with self-centring.  This is called dynamic camber.

But aren't there 7 bolt holes in the mounting ring?

Cheers. That fits right. There are 7 bolts for the mounting ring but this doesn't seem to affect the way the thing can be bolted on.

Title: Swivels
Post by: Guy90 on December 16, 2006, 13:45:04

Quote from: "Eeyore"

If memory serves correctly, it'll only bolt on in one position.

I may however be totally worng but I seem to recall having the same questions when I was rebuilding mine!

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Worked it out but the chrome ball mounts direct to the axle. I think you could actually bolt it on upside down.

Teach me to concentrate on the job :oops:

Title: Swivels
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 16, 2006, 13:55:51

IIRC on the Range Rover the bottom 2 bolts on the older 6 bolt swivles wer replaced by 3 bolts, so the spacing is different.  But if yo bolted it on upside down, you'd soon relaise things were wrong when you tried to assemble the next bit.

Title: Swivels
Post by: Eeyore on December 16, 2006, 14:55:12

Quote from: "Guy90"

Teach me to concentrate on the job :oops:

I'm....er.....just dappin' out to check my axle......  :shock:

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: Swivels
Post by: Guy90 on December 16, 2006, 17:24:14

:oops:  :oops:  :oops: And if I had concentrated a bit more I would have realised you weren't talking about the mounting plate for the oil seal but the bolt pattern on the axle tube. On closer inspection I noticed the bolt pattern was not what I thought it was :oops:  :oops:

In fact it isn't possible to bolt the crome ball on the wrong way :oops:  :oops: