Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Wind up thing looks to be a jack...green water in the bottle would be coolent,but dunno about the blue tubing!

My Serria soft top is rego'd as a ute in NSW.They go off vehicle weight for rego,so a ute/sedan/wagon,etc makes no difference as far as I'm aware.

The CTP was around $250,but that was before this lifetime cover for injured kids thing came in.

Just saw an add on (local) TV!
Should be good!!!!

Here's my bargin basement solution :cool:

I bought some little 2 pin holders from a lighting shop,and cable tied the wires to the body


Plug a light in,and slip a cable tie around the body of the light to hold it in position.....and wal-aa! Cheap as chips rock lights!

If they get broken,it's ...

what wall thickness? did you test fit it at the metal shop before you bought it? from memory the medium wall was a fairly loose fit. Just keep trying what pipe they have until you find some thats suitable, its not rocket science :lol:
I thought the idea was to get as tight a fit as possible ...

Well I went and bought 25nb and 32nb pipe (both with a weld seam inside) and the smaller pipe gets jammed in the bigger pipe - on the weld seam

Would a fellow OL member be able to 'Hook a brother up?' :D
I've searched all the steel shops in town,and some up to an hours drive away,and none of them have seamless tube! Could someone locate me 600mm of 32nb schedule 80,as per post below, and send me up some?
Pretty please with suger on top ...

I have one of these on my truck.Free winch cable dampner as a bonus
No problems so far.

Here's my bargin basement solution :cool:

I bought some little 2 pin holders from a lighting shop,and cable tied the wires to the body
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/HR31GTS-X/PICT0001.jpg

Plug a light in,and slip a cable tie around the body of the light to hold it in position.....and ...

MudLux101 wrote:Cheers, thanks for the info.

X2

Very much appreaciated

Im pretty sure richo's hilux used this setup, Search the members and maybe the pics are still there

It did, and its here......

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=49078&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=trac

Searching for shit rocks... :D

There's no pics though ...

D'OH too late with the reply!

Mudlux,I believe nb stands for nominal bore,which refers to the inner bore of the pipe. Don't know what "schedule piping" is though :?:
ozy1,thanks for the offer mate,but I was hoping to get away with it without machining anything! yeah,I'm a cheap ass! :D
I could use the sizes you used anyway mate.

Ok,I know this has been covered a thousand times,...and yes I did search. :finger:
I'm wanting to make a slip and twist tracbar for my SPOA Hillux set up in my Suzuki.I know the general idea of them,bushed at each end with one tube sliding over the other.... My question is what sort of tube are ...

I'll be there! At last a 4WD event that's close to home

Cheers RUF,that's what I wanted to know. :D
germo,thanks for the advice mate! I don't "fly" through the bush anyway...you should know how low it's geared with the Rockhoppers! ;) Re the Tuff Truck thing,I can understand why you left it in for the comp,as with the hubs locked in,it turns bad enough ...

You mean fitting it again after you have finished wheeling? Find a flat area and you may also need a high lift to jack the vehicle up to get it lined up again. But you will need to do this even if you used your original idea.

No,I mean to install a fixed length one once I make it...my old one is ...

RUF, fair enough....I was wondering why no one else had done this! Sounded good in theory to me,but I guess I could do as you said and make a quick release panhard. The only thing is that my steering arm (pictured above somewhere) is quite close to the head of that bolt,and the steering has to be ...

I'm assuming it's the size of the tyres thats causing it? (37x12.5x15)There's 3 leaves in the pack,and I'm pretty sure it has RUF,so I assume 3 Hilux leaves would be plenty to hold up a light suzuik.Rear of the front shackles are sweet,but the shackles at the front of the leave have about 5mm each ...

Nelso,Exactly! In regards to unbolting the p/hard rod...too much work! I'd rather use some type of quick release pin on the panhard rod. I was thinking about using high tensile bolts,and drilling a hole in the end of it close to where it'd protrude from the p/hard rod,and stick some sort of clip ...

Not sure if Suzukis have a front p/hard rod standard...I doubt it.
Sorry,should've clarified things a bit better, but hey,it's past my bedtime

With out one,it bends the leaves when you steer it.Has 37" tyres on it so there's a fair bit of force on everything. Below is the best pic I can find of it.Definatly a panhard rod,link bar and steering are up front.

Probably shouldn't have wrote "serious flex" on the diagram....it gives the wrong impression.I'm not after "serious flex",just something that will stop the rod limiting the travel of the suspension. Only talking like 2" at the most.

Sorry,should've mentioned this is for the front. The panhard is 600mm long,and is bent (sorry mud empire) so there goes that theory! Hence why I'm looking for answers :)
It is in fact limiting travel,not by much mind you,only like an inch or so each way...at the moment,I find it pulls or pushes the ...

Hi Guys. I've searched for this topic,but haven't found an answer to this specific question. I've got an idea for a variable length panhard rod (having a panhard is a nessaccery evil in my case) that can compress and extend with the suspension flex. see pic
What I'm wanting to know is how to find ...

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and now..



Meh,couldn't be assed with a coil rear..that's why I bought it off you in the first place!! No room,and don't have the tools required anymore

Markil - it'd be quicker to tell you what hasn't been done to it! ;) And I just broke it on some rocks :? Same as what germo did,panhard and rear trackbar....at least I didn't bend the leaves :!:

Hey Germo,it's still not 100% sorted :cry: I would take it to some comps, but it's either broken or I ...

Indeed. But it's had a lot done to it sine then (even though it might look the same!)

Went out on the weekend and took a few more pics of it. :)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/HR31GTS-X/4x4_pics015.jpg
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