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

[1971ford]

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


And 12 hours later I turned it into this!


Spare tire carrier hinge for my Rover


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.

[sargentrs]

Ingenious! Now that's what I call improvising.

[67ford]

Cool, nice job. I have a green rover too. Mine's not all built like yours, but it gets the job done.

[1972hiboy]

That is absolutely fantastic Ryan! I totally dig that, makes you wonder what else you could use something like that for.....

[1972hiboy]

duplicate post.

[1971ford]

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!

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
There's another use for ya

[67ford]

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.

[1971ford]

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!

[67ford]

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.