The parts hauler. Actual progress?

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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by Jordi » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:16 pm

That looks pretty flexi considering all the leaves in those springs.

Have you got it running yet?
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by andyrew » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:24 pm

Jordi wrote:That looks pretty flexi considering all the leaves in those springs.

Have you got it running yet?
Trouble ive got is there was a bang and it stayed in the flex position.
The rear shackle went past its max and wedged on the chasis
So may to tweek bump stops to prevent this.

Not running yet. Gearbox still on the floor :lol:
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by Jordi » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:38 am

Extended bump stop required then!
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:43 am

andyrew wrote:
Jordi wrote:
Trouble ive got is there was a bang and it stayed in the flex position.
The rear shackle went past its max and wedged on the chasis
So may to tweek bump stops to prevent this
The distance between the spring mounts is slightly shorter on the Lwb for some strange reason. The other way around this is to fit a slightly longer shackle so that it doesn't completely flatten out and reverse when the spring goes flat and is at its full length :thumbup: then you will gain a bit of extra flex rather than loose some by lowering the bumpstops more than you need to.
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by andyrew » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:57 am

Okay cool. Id wondered if I can do that. I measured the distance between the eyes
And it was the same for the swb.

Got some 413 diffs to go in possibly in the future.
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:11 am

The suzuki chassis diagram dimensions show the distance for the swb to be 975.5mm and Lwb 965.5? So a whole 10mm difference :lol: I thought it was more than that from memory :lol:

But yeah running a longer shackle will work
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by andyrew » Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:52 pm

coolio, ill add a little length to the rear shackles and hope that sorts it out.

hopefully the rear will have a good bit of travel in it.

elecy fan arrived. fuel tanks been refurbed. new brake pipes is the next job to be sorted.
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:06 pm

Good stuff.

Looks like it flexes pretty nicely :D
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by andyrew » Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:54 am

It aint pretty but I have a door that works!

Ive just plated over the top for now and welded the hinges on. The lower hinge was dead
So I just boshed on a front door one. Its solid but ugly. Welder keeps on faffing me about
So the welding isn't as nice as I would have liked . Screw it I have a door !
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Re: The parts hauler. It begins

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:00 am

At lefast it wont fall off!
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