Put an old hub/lockout assembly to use on my Rover.

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Put an old hub/lockout assembly to use on my Rover.

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Thought I'd share. It's a nice conversation piece as its in plain view and unusual to see in such a place.

Took this stuff
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And 12 hours later I turned it into this!
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Spare tire carrier hinge for my Rover
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Yep, lockout is functional. Parked all caddywompus like on a hillside and tire carrier wants to swing on you? No problem, lock the hub! Also a good secondary latch.
Total build cost... $40. And that's really just the wheel mounting plate and new lugs/nuts.

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Ingenious! Now that's what I call improvising. :thup:
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Cool, nice job. I have a green rover too. Mine's not all built like yours, but it gets the job done.

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That is absolutely fantastic Ryan! I totally dig that, makes you wonder what else you could use something like that for.....
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duplicate post.
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1973 f350 super c/s 460/c6 22k orig miles
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1972 f250 4x4 sport custom 390fe Red
1972 f250 4x4 custom 360 FE " Ranger Ric"
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1970 f250 4x4 428 fe hp60 205 d60
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67ford wrote:Cool, nice job. I have a green rover too. Mine's not all built like yours, but it gets the job done.

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Woo! Another Disco guy! Same color even. I like it!
1972hiboy wrote:That is absolutely fantastic Ryan! I totally dig that, makes you wonder what else you could use something like that for.....
Thanks!

Well... I did steal some of the hub parts (bearings and nuts) from a buddy's shop chair. He had a d44 hub welded to the bottom of an old office chair :D
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Yeah, go team HIghboy/Rover!!! Don't see many of either out on the trails around here. Not sure if you've needed it yet but there is a yard with tons of discos in Rancho.
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Are you on LRR or Discoweb?

A walk-in yard? Interesting. I'd love to see it, if you have more details.
I go to the pick n pull In Rancho all the time as I'm only 25 minutes away, but they only have one Disco and it's a Disco II in the new, lame, "premier" yard. and it's stripped. The specialty yards where they pull the parts for you I don't waste my time with. Way too expensive!
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No, I'm not on those forums.

I have heard the walk-in yard in Oroville is the one to checkout but I haven't been out there yet. Not for rover stuff necessarily, but supposedly it's huge and the prices are right.
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