ITS GONE.
Just noticed my spare alloy wheel 20" 511? Has been removed along with the plastic cover and lowering mechanism!
So that's a nice bill coming my way!!
Any ideas how I can stop it rom being stolen again?
2015 model.New Defender Deposit paid 12/17:-) Lookin forward to Dec 2018.
2015 Disco HSE Grey
2011 Disco HSE Black
Stag
2015 Defender Commercial
Lotus Elite JPS
Two Fergies grey and a red.
18th Feb 2017 7:16 pm
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2862
RLD spare wheel guard/cover (Ray is a member on the forum) Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
Sorry won't work.
The late Disco 4 has the spare wheel the other way up so the Add Blue tank can be housed under the fuel tank and above spare wheel.New Defender Deposit paid 12/17:-) Lookin forward to Dec 2018.
2015 Disco HSE Grey
2011 Disco HSE Black
Stag
2015 Defender Commercial
Lotus Elite JPS
Two Fergies grey and a red.
18th Feb 2017 7:50 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
Posts: 1877
He has models for both adblue and non adblue MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
Ok great thanks
Any ideas for replacement of the spare anybody?
Thinking may just buy a steel rimNew Defender Deposit paid 12/17:-) Lookin forward to Dec 2018.
2015 Disco HSE Grey
2011 Disco HSE Black
Stag
2015 Defender Commercial
Lotus Elite JPS
Two Fergies grey and a red.
18th Feb 2017 8:17 pm
Luapno
Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 871
try ebay, you will probably find the stolen one there
There are plenty of sellers on ebay selling winches at a fraction of the cost of LR.
Defo get an RLD protector to stop it happening again
18th Feb 2017 9:16 pm
DrRobH
Member Since: 10 Oct 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 924
Ray for the protector
eBay for a winch and your stolen wheel
Bunch of Visitor from fullfatrr.com
RR Vogue SE 2011 4.4 TDV8
1974 Lightweight
18th Feb 2017 9:23 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
an uncle ray for sure .tell him its adblue with wheel FACE down...if you've got a towbar don't leave that on they will have that next
18th Feb 2017 9:54 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Keep an eye out on here also as I've just sold a 511 wheel and tyre this week so they do come up, also make sure you have one of Ray's protectors before you fit your replacement alloy
This is one of the newer type protectors fitted.Cheers Ian
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18th Feb 2017 10:25 pm
philby258
Member Since: 18 Apr 2012
Location: Stockport cheshire
Posts: 654
I too have just bought a 511 from a forum member (not Dan) this week so they do come along
19th Feb 2017 12:28 am
Oxford-boy
Member Since: 07 Sep 2015
Location: Oxford
Posts: 1063
Makes sure you use plenty of grease on those two locking pins where the flanges are in contact with the alloy wheel hub. My new style RLD was on for less than a year and those pins (well, one of them to be fair..) seized hard to the wheel and wasn't capable of being removed at the roadside.
Some guy suggested putting a piece of hard plastic between the two surfaces which is what I do now.
Great bits of kit but beware the reaction between the two metals and a bit of water..
Also keep the winch nice and tight so the wheel cannot be 'undone' snapping the cable..
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"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
just got a protector from Ray and he tells me that wheels shake slightly loose ... and the scrotes then twist the wheel round and round until the cable snaps. He said check it every few weeks and re-tension if required.
however, with this in mind and never being a fan of metal-on-metal unless necessary, I cut 3 bits of plastic as per picture.
white ring is ~ 8mm thick and is obviously NOT related to our kitchen having one less chopping board than it used to.
the red ones are really slippery and possible the reason the Heroes chocolates are now in a bowl and not their original tub.
fitted them into place in the order of this photo, using a bit of contact adhesive on the red ones to keep them in place on the RLD metal work.
seems to work ... the white bit spins with a bit of slack in the cable so should save it from being twisted to breaking point.
I also added a bit of foam u-shaped packing - no idea where I got it from originally - around edge of the RLD plate to stop it scraping the inside of the wheel. gap is positioned towards front of vehicle to allow any water to escape.
there will be a "Mark 2" of this at some point ... I want to be able to drag the wheel out from underneath without scraping rubber on tarmac, so a handle at back of car and a plate it will slide on towards the front but need to figure out how I attach without inviting scum to have a pull or a twist.
1st Mar 2017 9:56 pm
peteyd
Member Since: 08 Mar 2016
Location: South Bucks
Posts: 551
RLD wrote:
these pins are now in plastic and o rings on the other side then the linch pins
Are the plastic pins available separately for those of us with metal pins on an MY16 AdBlue D4?
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