Monday 8 September 2014

Updated fire extinguisher bracket

The fire extinguisher bracket that was fitted to the rear door of the Defender (Detailed Here) has started to bend at the top. The metal bar it was constructed from was 2.5mm thick. The bend is shown here:

 A new bracket was fabricated out of 4mm thick steel to increase the strength; The difference between the 2 brackets can be seen below:

The bottom guide section of the old bracket, which was spot welded, was drilled out to 5mm and countersunk with a 9mm drill bit.

 The holes from the old bracket were transferred to the new bracket. These holes were also countersunk.

To help reduce the rattle that the old bracket caused, the top pin was sleeved with heatshrink and some 4mm foam was placed on the top face.

The new bracket is shown here fitted to the rear door, with some additional foam on the lower part to further reduce rattles.

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