Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Well I am personally done with this thread. I and a few others have raised some issues that should have been thrashed out at the first TTC a few years ago. Definitive answers were not forthcoming on this thread but I have received private correspondence from who I am not at Liberty to disclose, that ...

David, Thanks for your reply.Some of your comments are valid and I have taken them on board. But Jeez your being a bit picky aren't you ? One other dispute in 700 posts. I make mistakes. My shit stinks like everyone elses, That dispute was with a fool and I don't suffer fools gladly and from time to ...

[quote="80lsy gq"].......daddy long legs you always seem to find little niggles to bring up in your posts and love to enter/begin arguments.........petty bullshit arguments are not what is needed... what is needed is a bit of harmony between everyone who is entering or spectating at these events ...

Contrary to what Sam, Ruff, Wooders etc choose to believe, I am personally not against hardcore offroad motor sport.(read my posts) In fact as a dedicated vehicle modifier I rather like the concept of TTC. I even like what you guys at haultech have done with MogRover and the Defender and as a Rover ...

[quote="Strange Rover"]

What - you think that somebody with a more qualified opinion is going to jump into this shiat fight??


Sam.

Well I could answer yes to that, and say thankyou Scott. But I won't do that because that would be petty wouldn't it ?
Bill.

Sam, In my last post I didn't ask you personally to respond whatsoever. In fact your previous responses have been a bit vague at best and I was rather hoping for a more qualified opinion from someone with a little less emotional attachment to the event and a little more knowledge regarding the legal ...

Thet is almost exactly the way I saw it Larry. Although the TTC is undoubtably a crowd pleaser and a money spinner for the promoters, it is just one event of what many enthusiasts hope will develop into an exciting and full offroad motor sporting calender. If what you have reprinted above re ...

[quote="AnthonyP"]Crank your own radius arms :) Rover boys have been doin it for yonks.... its a damn lot cheaper too :roll:[/quote]

WARNING !! Rover radius rods are forged steel so there are no probs doing this.
Patrol owners should not even think about doing this because their radius arms will ...

Sam, Weren't you the appointed scrutineer for Queenland Entrants ?
I would have thought that the organisers of TTC would have given you a thorough explaination of the rules re registration and Eng certs.
I hope for all your sakes and for the future of the sport that nothing tragic happens at TTC ...

[quote="Shadow"][quote

you need tyo get something in writing from rover

and they will pass your vehicle

then if something goes wrong, rover will be the ones in court, not qld transport.

Its all about covering thier own arse, as much as it is about safety.[/quote]


The tyre size ...

[quote="RUFF"][





PS this thread keeps heading the way it is its going to Chit Chat. There is more Bullshit here than Tech.[/quote]

It's your perogitive to move this thread anywhere you like Tony, but while you're at it you might want to have a look at the ''4WD TV News'' thread as well ...

[quote="derangedrover"]Bru,

The submission to QT will have to include proof that the spindles/bearings, brakes, and suspension etc can cope with the larger, heavier rubber for starters.
Analyzing the spindles strength to the point that will satsfy QT for this purpose wont be easy.
My info ...

The reason the difflock axle won't come out through the spindle is that the spline that the difflock dog rides on is larger in diameter than the hole in the spindle, so you must unbolt the spindle. once you have it all apart take accurate measurements from the diff retaining studs on the banjo ...

Anthony, are both your rear wheels the same offset. I knew a bloke a few years ago that was driven crazy trying to work out why the r/h rear wheel protruded over 1'' more than the left on his Landey He said he took all sorts of measurements and was about to put the truck on a winch rack to bend the ...

Everything Ben mentioned plus if it is a 300TDI it may have grease filled hubs with shorter drive flanges and shorter softer axle shafts. These are junk and should be replaced with Maxidrive components.
Pry the plastic caps of the rear axles to check that they haven,t been welded to the drive ...

Shouldn't think it would be illegal. Fj 30, 40, 45 etc series Landcruisers were built with interior fuel tanks for decades
Bill.

[quote="fridgefreezer"]I have chatted with a guy who owns an AgRover (he's a farmer, natch) from what I gather it was a genuine Land Rover conversion.

Has a proper tractor PTO / plough linkage on the back body and a limited top speed due to the portals & transfer box ratios .

The Ag Rover ...

Ruff, were the balljoints still braking at the threads or above the taper ?
If at the thread it sounds like the taper isn't biting hard enough. Just like a steering balljoint if the taper is doing its job their should be no shear load on the thread, only the tensile load from tightening it up ...

Serge,I will search the OL archives tonight to find where someone commented that there were Rover portals stored at the company's facilities in Australia,The one comment on Difflock.com, a British forum, was that Rover intended to make them available as optional extras for Forest services etc. No ...

Drew, I am assuming the wheelbase will be something like 110'' +37''. so wouldn't you be better off starting with a 110 chassis so that only the chassis section behind the rear spring towers wil need to be altered. It would be pointless to shorten a chassis that has just been extended.
The 130 ( i ...

Yea, I knew about the AG Rover, Front portals bolted on before the swivel housings,6'' drop, no hub reduction, chain drive etc. I don't think it was an approved LandRover conversion. The ones that were refered to on the difflock.com forum didn't sound like those.
Bill.

The 6x6 link didn't reveal too much and I am not familiar with the drive setup they use, but I would hope that they at least use a Salisbury diff on the rearmost axle as that is the one that really cops it when the rear suspension runs out of articulation and ceases to load share when climbing ...

Watts Links on racing cars use Heim joints and give very precise lateral control. However on a road vehicle such as Falcons, Disco 2's etc there are 5 compliant rubber bushings compared to a Panhard rods 2, so lateral location of the axle when cornering may not be as good, although they don't have ...

I was reading a thread on difflock.com the other day about portal axle conversions ( Volvo's, Mogs etc) and somebody mentioned that LandRover themselves made a whole batch of portal hub conversion kits for their Defender series and then discovered that the market for them was non existant, so they ...

Retreads on trailers seem to be more common than new tyres, but they are probably not a good idea on 4 bys because if you air down for offroad work the tread will loosen on the tyre carcass fairly quickly possibly leading to tyre failure either in the bush or at higher speeds on the road.
Bill.

Mine and quite a few others experience with Detroits is that they can be more unpredictable and just as big a pain in the arse as welded or spooled rear end.

Very interesting tech Bush65 and Red 90. If either of you were commisioned to design an optimum replacement rear 24 spline axle for a Rover without using prohibitively expensive exotic alloys, anything up to Hytuf would be permissable, How would you design and heat treat it ?
Bill.

You would have to get new shafts made with splines both ends, which would be very expensive and possibly not as strong as the stock Toyota units. AISIN hubs are probably stronger than any aftermarket free wheelers, but I don,t know that they would be up to severe use in the rear.
Bill.

First up I have to admit that I know 75% of bugger all about welding.
I have successfully welded half a toyota shaft to half a landrover shaft by boring out a hollow bar, drilling holes through the side, pressing shafts in and pool welding through the holes with stainless arc rods.
The different ...

I have limped home with a difflock and broken rear axle on a couple of occasions and the truck pulled (almost changed lanes) in one direction under accelleration and the opposite way under deccelleration or while gear changing. Definately not recommended for general driving around.
Just get used ...