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Ashtonthornes
Member Since: 06 May 2017
Location: Chipping Norton
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Proberly an old question what is the purpose of the two swinging weights on the very back of the chassis and in some cases do they rock and touch the bumper inner casing?
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 15th May 2017 9:09 pm |
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galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
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harmonic dampers.or something like that (balls)
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| 15th May 2017 9:10 pm |
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Compusmentis
Member Since: 18 Feb 2016
Location: Effingham
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They are harmonic dampers, to take out some noise, vibration or harshness.
They are meant to swing to absorb energy at whatever frequency the oiginal vibration occured.
On a road as smootha s a billiard table, I imagine you might just detect the difference if they were removed. Bearing in mind road like that don't exist in the UK, you can probably remove them with no noticable difference (apart from the 30 or 40 kg weight saving...)  New gearbox & TC, 3 x front wheel bearings, belts changed, new oil pump, new battery, new rear prop, new front prop, new front diff, front arb refurbed, front cv boot kit, egr blank and BAS software patch, full rear suspension / drivelive rebuild, new front arms, LED trailer light fix, split charge.
Never had a 107, 90 or 127, but have had most of the rest!
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| 15th May 2017 9:13 pm |
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Ashtonthornes
Member Since: 06 May 2017
Location: Chipping Norton
Posts: 10
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Sounds a bit agricultural...
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| 15th May 2017 9:13 pm |
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Ashtonthornes
Member Since: 06 May 2017
Location: Chipping Norton
Posts: 10
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Am sure they are swinging into the bumper when going over so called traffic calming..
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| 15th May 2017 9:15 pm |
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Compusmentis
Member Since: 18 Feb 2016
Location: Effingham
Posts: 237
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Its a Land Rover New gearbox & TC, 3 x front wheel bearings, belts changed, new oil pump, new battery, new rear prop, new front prop, new front diff, front arb refurbed, front cv boot kit, egr blank and BAS software patch, full rear suspension / drivelive rebuild, new front arms, LED trailer light fix, split charge.
Never had a 107, 90 or 127, but have had most of the rest!
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| 15th May 2017 9:15 pm |
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Ashtonthornes
Member Since: 06 May 2017
Location: Chipping Norton
Posts: 10
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That's what I say to my wife when we go out in the defender....
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| 15th May 2017 9:18 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
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before attempting to take them off.
Trying tying them up with some string (a bit of D3 bondage !)
you'll then be able to see if there is any difference.
mine are there - left to dangle & swing...Land Rover Chassis engineers know far more than me
This hi-tech fix isn't anything "new"
Disco 1's had a huge weight on top of the gearbox - that were attached with weird metal & rubber mounts (that looked like an original Mini exhaust mounting part...my D1's broke off)
In the various D2's I had (which I thought were good) I never found any - but Im sure someone will elaborate there were some. BREXIT - done properly.
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| 15th May 2017 10:46 pm |
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