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SAE Grade 8 (10.8) 1/2" UNF (1/2-20) 12 point Flange / Ferry bolts. Bloody expensive in the UK.

Certainly the balljoint to arms are not metric, just done mine they were UNF Famous Four Part no 253952 mine is a Salisbury Axle on a 1995 Defender 300tdi. The 4 mutispline i have no idea mine came out and went back ok as had had to use heat...

300tdi through MOT with 4 new coil springs and shocks and with freshly rebuilt front hubs to replace the ball-swivel joint seals that I replaced back in 2008. Got an advisory about a deteriorating upper rear ball joint. I am guessing that is...

This is a bit funny as I have owned my Defender 90 300tdi for 20 years and registered for this site 10 years ago, and this is my 10th post. This is a quite helpful site. lrukforums was also a good site.

Welcome :). Anything is better than nothing, Big yellow deterents might make them move on. I like the pedal lock plates that apply the brake, there are also handbrake locks too. If all else fails a decent tracker helps(prices are pretty good...

On Thursday, my beloved Landy of 23 years was stolen from a garage in Bromyard, Herefordshire. It has been seen in the west midlands area. Heartbroken 😭

A couple big gobs of No 2 grease behind the mounts. Also a liberal amount of grease on the shock mounting pin and bolt threads. Used penny washers with a lock washer. Next item on the list is the ball joints at the rear axle.

Here's a link to the new shock mounts ... https://yrmit.co.uk/product/rear-shock-absorber-top-mount-lr-defender-d1-rrc/ and another for the bolts and washers ...

Damn. Their bits were better than Brtipart as well

Cut them off with a grinder. I would bet there is a rusty hole behind that mount as well, as that chassis is not great 🤔

They should be nuts & bolts. They are not captured Grind the heads that you can see off & push the remains out the rear

Thanks, I figured out the issue. The bolts are long and go all the way through to the other side of the frame. I might still have to cut them off. Finale: cut off the bolt heads with 4in angle cutting disc and they punched through easily...

While replacing second rear shock the post at the top of the shock mount broke when attempting to remove the nut. To replace the mount requires removal and it is is held to the frame with three bolts with 17mm heads. These are turning in the...

In the second picture there looks like there is some corrosion on the gasket around the water port which could be enough for it to seep out.