Ok I have the all the bits and pieces ready for instal, (belt, tensioner, pump} and am confident I can do this part however I am needling to read up.......... / grow a pair to deal with this (below quote) I have read various threads and it’s seems to be a job that can go horribly wrong if you...

Ok compromise, good quality polly that I can fit myself...... last call

Yup..... got to get this order in, it’s like pinning tail on the donkey ! Just bloody pick a set !

Errrrrrr this is hard research. Read so many conflicting views. I would be happy to go genuine but at £80 a set that’s NOT going to happen. OEM are around £20 per set ........ such a difference. Cotton reels..... still on the agenda. Splits - easiest but again conflicting. So much choice...

Been reading old posts on the radius arm to axle bushes and am tempted to go for original landrover ones and get a local garage to fit them. The reason is that the two miles of offroad I drive on is really pot holed and if the original ones give a better ride it may make the experience that...

First part located, now time to track down the cotton reel polly bushes as I have a BIG vice and am always up for a challenge. Thanks for the info.

Getting closer just need to find them cheaper.........or an alternative ?

The bushes need to be the split type not the cotton real

Ok put a straight edge on it and it was about 10mm out so I put it on the anvil, blocked it up, clamped it down and hit it with a BFH, done quite a bit of “Bush mechanics” in the past so fairly competent with a hammer (and I am a stonemason) after a few finishing blows it’s as good as perfect...

Given my lack of finance and the already mounting cost to get this donor axle up to scratch I am unwilling to buy a new arm..... so i may need to REALLY try and straighten the old one out. Remember that this vehicle never goes faster than 15mph and only drives for 2 miles on dirt roads at any...

Hmmmm.... well the ones on the truck are the narrow ones aprox 35mm wide and the spare ones are aprox 45mm but I assume by looking at the bracket on the truck that either can be fitted ? Typically one of the ones on the truck is bent....... and one of the spares is bent and they are diffrent...

Right..... I will have to have a close look at the ones on the truck as it had a nasty front end smash a few years ago (all part of why I am replacing front axle) and see if they are straight..... then check to see what width they are. Thanks

I am just building up a shopping list for a 200tdi axle 94 onwards and have settled on his kit. The part number with (A) at the end is the one with Timken bearings as I rang up to check today. Not sure about your year but you should find the right kit here and ring them to double check. Col

Ok next question. Radius arms. I have a couple of arms that came with the donor axle one was on the axle (polly bush) and the other they gave me as an extra but told me it had a bend in it, I think I have the ability to get it straight...... well I will give it a go. The bushings are diffrent...

Good advise will have a look

Universal joints. I have just been under the Landy as I want to make sure I have everything I need to move things forward without clunking.... I was aware that I needed at least 1 universal joint on the front prop shaft but on closer inspection there is a lot of play in them all....... I have...

Shaft fitting is tight into the flange so I guess it’s been replaced recently. Worth checking. Thanks

Good call I will have a look tommorow, I was just cleaning up one of the old ones today and it “looked” good but I i did not check for play. It seemed be a lot newer than the rest as it was still shiny black without rust... I assume it is the flange that wears rather than the hardened shaft.

New list with shocks and better ? OEM wheel bearings. Anything to add ? Thanks

OEM is this Timken bearings ?