Outer Limits 4x4 Board

fark this is a funny thread! reminds me of every time an event organisor TRIES to do the right thing and opens up there rulings for discussion. Always seems to end with either RUFF cracking it at some dickh##ds and threatening to ban them, or the guys wanting to run the comp saying "farkit tooo ...

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Thanks to the Tough Tracks Club for a great event. My first time to an event and had a blast.

booflux wrote:It will cost a lot if your paying someone, you would be better off just selling it and buying something with coils from the start if you want to go that way.

Like he said.

Ya need to set up the backlash correctly. Save your money by taking the diff out ya self and taking it to a mechanic.

Its a zook thing they all do it. Don't muk around with bits of the carby get it completly overhauled by a pro. Other wise you will keep wasting money. Or try the easy carb clean...swap over the middle two spark plugs and start her up, this wil back fire and may clean out the carb. Been doing this ...

I asked a dealer why there was no diesel rubicon and he said it would never happen because of the extra cost.

Well the work don't work so its $0 from me

Orange and yellow Camo

You should use locktite on crown wheel bolts or they come out, as yours did.

Yeah read the specs. Its tough but has leaf springs at the back

Bugger me why it was a write off then.

Most likely its been under water. Thats an automatic stat write off.

My 94 2.8 diesel diff code is G285, this means an 8" 4.3 with 4 pinion lsd. Is the front diff also going to be a 4 pinion? I am thinking of putting in an auto locker in the front and need to sort it so I can order the right one.

Thanks

If you want to encourage Rookies why have two winches? Make it one low mount winch at the front to save $ and make entry to the sport cheaper.

I've got as Tmax 9500 and tried to single line pull a dual cab lux out of mud which was past the sill. It wouldn't do it (of course) but did not burn out so I had to do a double pull to get out. Thats a good test and its still going strong. I know a few guys who have bought the cheaper winchs and ...

Goodyear wrangler MTR's are an awesome tyre for a zook. Great in the sand and great traction off road. They are heaps better than any cheap mud terrain tyre. You get what ya pay for. MTR stands for maximum traction.

You will probably need 20mm coil spacers then the 30's will fit perfect.

I agree with Bowtie Landie. I have run auto lockers and air lockers and the auto lockers were great. If ya can't afford an air locker go for it. An auto locker is better than no locker.

Nah, I was meaning the proper attachment with the shackle.

sorry for the hijack but id like to know if the welded on peices of steel people put on the back are suitable or "approved". i thought the bullbar ones werent good to use as they are just tie down or tow points. Thats Cool. I know the comp specs talk about suitable recovery points. But what is ...

Are the two recovery points on the bottom of most bull bars (usualy a hole in a ridge at the bottom of the bar) suitable for competition recovery points if I put a rated shackle in them?

Don't think they have stuff for Patrols. Get the part number from an Aus site.

Cool. I'm going 3" spring and 30mm body. A mechanic that works on comp rigs said this is the best combination to keep the centre of gravity correct and not need caster correction and run 35's.

I'll check out clark rubber for the outside screw type flare.

They must have two types cause the stuff I got there a year ago screwed to the lip of the guard not the out side.

Thanks guy's. Where do you get flares to fit after a guard chop. I've searched the net and only found fibreglass flares. Was after rubber ones if poss but the ones I found need the lip on the guard to screw into.

Pics and tips on guard chop and flares would be appreciated.

OK, sure its been asked before but what suspension mods do I need to run 35's on a LWB GQ

Are all the power steering boxes the same for GQ's?

It would be cheaper to get gas put in with the rebate the pollies are talking about.

Yeah it was a 4.3 minus a few teeth

I put a rear LSD in. Not as good as a locker but for an extra $100 better than an open (just). All I had to do was grind the 5mm chamfer off each axle.