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17th Nov 2017 9:22 am
OJ
Member Since: 01 Oct 2017
Location: Loch Leven
Posts: 725
DSL wrote:
OJ-LR4 wrote:
Too much vino DSL or officer Crabtree moment “drip the spare”
Latter probably, or the lurgie I was bunged up with.
Hot toddy recommended with Macallan single malt, unfortunately seems like the new alcohol unit price has been miscalculated
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Location: Loch Leven
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And with free glasses
EDIT
Oops sorry only two
17th Nov 2017 3:47 pm
Oxford-boy
Member Since: 07 Sep 2015
Location: Oxford
Posts: 1063
The RLD is only as good as the tension between the wheel and the body of the vehicle. Many thefts are by crooks simply turning the spare round and round and round if it is loose enough. Eventually the cable will snap/fray as it knots, or tries to.
Get an RLD but keep a good check on the tension of the cable making sure it holds the wheel but won't let it rotate.
Shame JLR can't come up with a simple protruding piece from the chassis that would prevent the spare wheel from being turned a full rotation.
Just be aware that the RLD is fantastic but it can't stop the wheel being rotated if it isn't tight enough, and they do slacken off..
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18th Nov 2017 10:03 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Or LR could put it "inside" like on FFRRs.
18th Nov 2017 10:05 pm
HSELR4
Member Since: 16 Nov 2017
Location: Manchester
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