G60 Build South Africa

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Congratulation on the actual performance of your Patrol.

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We had a problem with serious axle wrap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYb8o1px_DI

Decided to cure it with traction bars. What an improvement under hard acceleration and braking.
On our last dune outing you could feel the u-joint gaps closing on full power. The marks on the propshafts showed that the problem were on both diffs.
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Fooling around last Saturday.
Nice idle torque on the v8 :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C-KrufZrLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acv2BTP5OGA
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Good sounding Patrol. :D
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Face lift for the Patrol :D :D Flat on our way back after a week of serious 4x4`ing.


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Great! Thanks for posting.

Sorry about the tire.
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Nice action pic`s :D :D
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Most excellent. 8-)
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Well done. Love RSA, I've spent alot of time walking over that red Kalahari sand.
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