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changed when initial brake renewals were done and had quite an amount put through again since with power bleeding etc

yes, all been checked as free

brakes have done about 7 weeks road work, not sure on miles. The chassis broke about 2wks after initially done, then off road for 2.5yrs whilst i re chassied and basically re built, then 3 weeks back on road and written off, then (now) 2 weeks back on road yet again after all re sorted. its been...

Thank You. Thats a great help and will look into this asap.

Hi folks. small problem needing some advise from the knowledge bank please. My G reg landrover 90 has a 300tdi disco conversion and what i think to be disco axles aslo, rear disk brakes. During re build the servo, master cylinder etc etc where all changed and the brakes have been bled probably...

Hi Folks.. Following on from my other threads with likely hood of now keeping my 90.. wheel hit in accident etc, the next possible change is wheels. I have 265/75/17 STT Pro tyres on old disco 1 alloys with spacers that i think are 25 or 30mm and these sit under terriferma extended arches but...

HI Guys. A little update on this and clarity. We were able to look at all again this morning taking on board all of your kind help and comments and have taken a multitude of measurements and cannot find any issue on chassis or indeed axle. Now here's the interesting part. Insurance assessor at...

ive been told, by a few landrover specialists that ive approached about looking at it.. that if its taken a knock on wheel in way it has, i should look to changing the hub or beter still the full axle as they often have hairline cracks etc. The hub, i was thinking about as a possible issue...

Thanks Julian

yeh, been reading on that and appreciate the guidence.

this is exactly my dilemma. im quite capable of deciding the financial burdon, but before i can do this i need to be as sure as i can of the actual damge needing sorting, and in this ive had little guidence and been left floating, but if i let it go ive done ok... the buy back is to my mind to...

my thoughts exactly.

insurance have agreed to re insure with a fresh mot all thats needed i am under no commitment to keep it., just the buy back fee held back to give me time to decide. but the xmas shut downs etc eat into this time badly so trying to weigh up as best i can myself with what guidence i can find. if...

Thats good to know, Thanks

my problem is that the assessor on the ground thinks its not bad, was shocked it was written off, but insurance wouldnt permit a deeper assesment than primary and assessor was by own admittance under pressure with staff off and too much work, and they dont do private work, so agreed to deliver...