Here is a NEW pivot issue

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Welsh

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Never seen this before, cracked straight through.... but it has a history... a couple of years ago, I did a quick gearbox rebuild prior to the 2,500 km long weekend trip to Viols Drift bash (and didn't torque the fixed point properly on assembly  :peepwall:).... on the return leg, we stopped to replace a broken alternator belt in Springbok... Raka noticed some slop in the rear end while I did the belt, the fixed pin was unscrewed by about 8 to 10mm, (pictures showed it was like this since before Pofadder on the way down  ::)) I screwed it in and torqued it to 160Nm by standing on the 12mm allen key (loaned from Mr Big) I guess than was when the damage started, it is now cracked through... so I reverted to a slightly worn spare  ::)   







 
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