Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I did heaps of stick welding on my rear 60 series diff with everything still attached and in one piece and had no trouble with it at all....welded the spring perches (for the spring over conversion)and track bar mounts.

when I bought my 40 series cruiser 2 years ago ,I spoke to the rta guy about the soa on the car to make sure it was legal and so on before buying it...He told me that the soa was perfectly legal and didnt need an engineers certificate at all...The vehicle has also passed rego inspection 2 years ...

the best steering column to use is one out of a 55 series cruiser which can be a drama just finding one as they are rare as... not sure how a sixty series column will bolt up to the body work but at the end of these columns near the firewall end is a uni joint. How I did mine before I found a 55 ...

I will be there next weekend as well....looking forward to it and very happy to finally see this form of off road motor sport happening not too far from sydney..I went to Rover Park near tenterfield for the Put Up Or Shut Up event last year and enjoyed it very much,so much so to the point of ...

this is one of the reasons why I would like to convert my 40 to V8 but dont trust any of the shops in sydney to do it.....You want a good job done first time with a reasonable quote to do it...not end up with horror stories and bitterness to follow for a long time....

stuff buying anti spatter spray and paying a fortune for it. use good old 99c spray pak cooking oil like that is used on the barbie. was told this by father outlaw who is an ex welder didnt believe it until i tried it myself. it works its the same thing! yep as he said the good ol no name canola ...

all looking real nice there....I am very interested in the disc brakes on the rear end as I want to convert mine too ,would like to know what parts and where to get em....

Eddy.

easily fixed with a bit of tube or pipe same diameter and some steel plate to gusset over the joins of the tube all neatly welded....piece of cake

check out this link for harness belts they look ok and at a good price too...may get me some of those as well. found it at the

www.offroadracing.com.au website

http://racerimports.com.au

dont forget to weld in crush tubes where the steering box mounts to the chasssis rail...if you forget these like I have seen on one particular vehicle the steering will end up crap when the box starts to become loose due to flex and distortion of the chassis rail.. I used m12 high tensile bolts ...

the material I am using is also commonly known as 40 nominal bore medium pipe....
I think the cams specs call for a minimum of 44mm outside diameter.

I am just about to start building my six point cage for my 40 series soft top cruiser and am using 48.3mm x 3.2mm wall thickness tubing...hope to start bending the stuff next week..

Eddy.

Go lockers first...makes driving so much better and you will rarely need a winch once you have them...
I have Arb air lockers front and rear and can go places now that I couldnt go before....they arent cheap but I am glad I have them fitted...

Eddy

and another

here is mine....

I have snake racings hi steer arms and rock rods on my rig and have had no problems with them so far....the kit came with new threaded studs as well.

WHITTLE James W West Trans Equipment 2 Cunneen Street MULGRAVE (near Windsor) NSW 2756 E: P: (02) 4632 7459 F: (02) 4632 7469 M: 0419 291 221 I used to work for West-Trans Equipment and they only engineer heavy trucks , they do not do engineering on 4wd cars and their modifications... just thought I ...

definatley cruiser 40 series...which I have already done....very easy to work on....being 6`5 tall and 135 kg I wouldnt fit in a zook anyway....lol
though I wouldnt think a zook would be that hard to modify and work on as well...Have seen a couple of nice ones get around too..

the weekend of the 26-27th of febuary is no good for me...flying to brisbane for a mates wedding on that weekend... any chance of having it a week earlier or a week later ?.... I know it is still early days yet......will be looking forward to it if I can make it....will be a nice change wheeling ...

yeah sounds like a great idea...I`ll be in that for sure....will be interesting to see all the other 40s here in sydney on this forum...
Eddy

I have a jd bender and it will do a 180 degree bend more than happy for you to came and have a look SAM Hey Sam, what diameter and wall thickness tube can you bend as I need to have some tubes bent up so that I can fabricate a cage for my 40 series soft top cruiser...can you do 50mm x 3mm wall ...

At last I am running 39.5 super swampers after waiting months for them...anyway took em out for a run a couple of weeks ago and they are heaps better going over the rough stuff after being use to running around on 35s....since I dont have the required gearing yet in the transfer case and the clutch ...

When I lifted my 40 series 2 inches I had to refab the battery tray which was also necessary to make room for the 60 series power steer conversion that I did at the same time...

well I have one and I love it...very easy to work on but getting it to where I want it has cost me more than I originally planned to spend on it but its almost there....I get my 39.5 swampers and new wheels on it this weekend so its looking sweet as...next will be 6 point cage race seats and full ...

I say it is time to go to 60 series power steer....best thing I did on my 40

mattklippert wrote:can anyone post some pic's of 60 series diffs and spring setups for me to take a look at

your welcome to have a look at my rig and how I have done it all...best thing I ever did

yeah I did mine with a 2 inch lift and used nylon type blocks...all I used was the hi lift jack to raise the body to put the spacer blocks in place....steering will be the only real problem but I went 60 series power steering box further up the rail...you will have to extend the front gaurds and ...

I may be getting a "Warn" brand winch for next to nothing...at present it is fitted to a mitsubishi trayback truck used for salvaging old cars..the truck is now out of rego with seized engine parked in my backyard...as far as I know the winch is still working and connected to dual batteries...My ...

about to do one myself. i have an 80 series box. have heard that i should use a FJ55 colum. does anyone know exactly what bits i need to use? 55 column is the best way to go if you can find one...took me a while to find one from a wrecker as they are becoming scarce...I used nissan pulsar steering ...

Howes Valley is just past the halfway house on putty rd...I remember when it was an off road buggy racing track..but thats going back many years ago now.....