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i'd suggest that for an off road product - warranty is always going to be difficult for the manufacturer and purhaser. I agree completely but the information is interesting. The fact they do offer a warrenty for units they install does indicate a level of confidence in the strength which is reassur...

Do you know what sort of warrenty is offered with these?

If you run the site through Google translator you get a pretty good output and can navigate the whole site in English.

I like it, do you know what the wheel base has come out at?
Steve

Kay, Going back to the Toyota light duty axles I have some spare half shafts (front) for the ones I have in my garage and thought I would compare this to the Daihatsu ones. The Daihatsu one is actually a bigger diameter which suprised me. In the photo below the Daihatsu one is on the left. http://i9...

If you want to send me a pm with your email address I can scan some of the relevant pages from the workshop manual and send them over to you.
Steve

Interesting pictures, I had been wondering if I could get a solenoid from Kam diffs (http://www.kamdiffs.com/diff_lock.htm) to do the same as your air cylinder. The system they offer for Land Rovers and Suzukis is similar but everything is inside the diff housing (after modification to the casing).

In future maybe an axle swap with Toyota J7 light duty axles (4,88). Has anybody done this before? I am hoping to do this soon, I have a set of Toyota axles and an F20 in my garage waiting to be put together. interested in your home made lockers got some info about them would be great thanks.. Jump...

In the UK they are just refered to by the numbers, ie F50, in most of mainland europe they are a Daihatsu Taft and in Germany they are Wildcats. Certainly in the UK I think you may struggle to find the parts you want, while we have got a lot of Fourtraks (Rockys) and Sportraks (Feroza) the older one...

Fair enough, keep the updates coming, as I said earlier I have a similar collection of parts so am interested to see how it turns out.

Your rear coils are located in an almost identical position to those on the BBM Scat Attack truck that was detailed 4wd monthly ( http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=24742 ), i think if you read all the way through that thread the general conclusion was that they would have been bett...

Cheers, I was hoping you had found some stock spring that would work easily. I think Jav on here has used the same starting point for a Scat project he has.
Steve

Very interested in seeing how this turns out as I have a similar collection of parts. What are the coils you are planning on using?

Yes (almost certainly), I cant see any reference to differences between the two in the workshop manual and according to this site http://www.gonzo4x4.be/Daihatsusite.htm they have the same ratios.

They seem to be back on thier site now (or I wasnt be very observant yesterday). They also used to be avalible for G-Wagens as well. Gwagensteve is correct about the wheels being made by MJLee although I believe he is now only supplies them through Devon. This possibly explains why only the landrove...

The rims are called Mach 5 and are steels, they are made in the UK and are primarily sold through Devon 4x4. Although for some reason they dont seem to have them listed on there website at the moment. I would think they would be happy to ship them over but they arent cheap, I think you are looking a...

They are the same as the Rocky, also the same as Suzuki SJ/Samurai/Vitara etc and the Lada Niva. I did have a set of Suzuki Vitara Wideboy alloys to go on mine but I have had a change of plan and am going to put some toyota axles under it. There is a picture in this thread http://www.outerlimits4x4....

They dont have a divorced case, but the Rocky transmission is basically the same so you may be able to use the transfer from one of those. If not I believe that a whole Rocky gearbox and transfer case can be bolted straight up to the bellhousing on the F50 engine.

From memory the Scat axles are around 1.2 metres wide, the whole truck is only about 1.45 metres. I can take some measurements tomorrow to confirm if you need them. I have been told that some guys running Suzukis here (not exactly sure which type) used to swap Scat axles under for the extra strength...

Mine, currently under going rebuild

also there are a few more in this thread
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic135 ... light=scat

Unfortunately I think that looking to the UK may be optimistic, I have only ever seen two Daihatsu pto units for sale here (on ebay) and one was broken. I have never seen a Rocky equipped with a pto winch in the flesh, only in photos. It may be worth posting on www.daihatsu4x4.eu ,there are a number...

Dai-hard is correct, I have just had a look at the workshop manual I have and it states the F20s ratio as 4.777 and the F50s ratio as 3.545.
Steve

If you are interested in the Transylvania Trophy have you seen the photos from Gonzo4x4 web page, he competed in 2007 in a Scat, links to photos are here . Also if you want to have a look at a proto truck from Lagoda a local guy had just got back from this years competion and has documented his buil...

Thanks. Just had a look at the pictures, very impressed, you have done a really nice job with the new truck.
Steve

The main attraction of the maxxis was they are the cheapest of the 'big' tyres available in the UK by some margin, Claws are twice the price for a similar size. I guess you think the sidewall will be too stiff on them? They haven't been around long here so I've not seen much off them yet, I know the...

I like the look of the stauns and they are eventually what I would like to run in combination with something like maxxis mudzillas or similar. I don't know how the price compares with those in Australia but they end up about 120 pounds each in the UK.
Steve

I think they are a nominal 37 but I seem to remember that they measure slightly under that at around 36.

They look alright at the moment but once he has been using them for a few months I reckon the paint will suffer fairly quickly.

our trucks are light...

That was the theory I was working on. A friend of mine has gone in the other direction with a set of Landcruiser steels with weld on beadlocks. Once he has got the tyres on a single wheel/tyre combination weighs somewhere in the region of 70-80kg
Steve

nice offset

I thought so, they are 5 spoke alloys off a Suzuki Vitara wideboy. I don't know how they will stand up to abuse but they where cheap so I will see how they go.
Steve