Gearbox crossmember removal

rob1miles said:

OK so what is held on by that wing nut? I would find it very hard not to undo that to see what happens.

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christofloffer said:

only modified or military chassis have the removable crossmember. if you have a removable one then its really obvious as the bolts are directly under the rails. i have never had to do any more than use a lever to get mine out too so why you would need to spread the rails is beyond me.

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95mandera said:

Hi, how do you remove the top nuts and bolts? I can’t access the bolt head and that leads me to think it’s an original and was bolted in when they joined the chassis. I can undo all the lower two bolts easy enough but once I have the two upper nuts off and bang the bolt back it seems like it will just disappear into the chassis box section? Appreciate any obvious details I’m missing.

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dag019 said:

Again on the defender the bolt go all the way though the chassis rail and out the other side. On mine one of the bolts is shorted to clear the seat box but only but about 5mm. not sure if it the same on a series as mine is welded.

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