Originally Posted by Potts
Hi everyone,

I thought I'd post an update on this.

Brake reaction bars and new tyres fitted, and the difference is significant. It now doesn't scare the hell out of me, and feels a lot more posed. I'm sure the tryes have made the most difference, but it's very noticable how the steering no longer wants to jump out of position on bumpy roads etc.

Brake reaction bars were a real pain to fit, and I needed to make a number of alterations to the tyre rubbing stops (that the tryes never even get near to). If it wasn't for the unfortuate position of the end of the bars and these stops, it would have been relatively easy. I had read several posts about this being an easy 45min job, for others considering this be warned, if like my car, it could be more like several hours and a lot of swearing smile

Thanks for all the advice, great forum!

The only difficult part I've ever found is re-fitting the top kingpin bolts. They seem to either just engage with kingpin threads on first attempt or require lots of jiggling. Loosening all associated fittings and centralising with a short taper drift helps. Since you don't mention I hope you did use ½" washers of suitable O/D and thickness under kingpin bolts to spread the grip onto BRB's given the plain ends, and as recommended. Your concerns of availability were unfounded BTW.

Richard

2018 Roadster 3.7
1966 Land Rover S2a 88
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