Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I did tanks either side of the tail shaft. They hang from the round tube ebhind the transfer and at the back from a hanger I welded onto the upper links mounting point.

I made mine out of 4.5mm alu and have a 3mm Domex plate on the underbelly. Alu is lighter and the welds are way bigger. Hopefully ...

I've had mine in for 6 years now, starting to give some hassles. They don't seem to last forever. On my Lux I also had one die on me after about 7 years.

The resistor as far as I remember must not be in circuit and you have to unplug the points and condenser. They run rough when the gap between ...

Turps, have a look at the spec sheets for the different airbags, You'll see the spring rates from their and that you can play with them quite a bit. I settled on something that stays fairly constant till you start bottoming out.

On corrugation the softer shock works as well as slow stuff, but I think the bigger stuff at speed will still require a harder shock. I'd still go for a harder shock, my Rancho Pro's are set at max and they work really well. But at high speed over bigger stuff I can still feel that the shock could ...

I have had airbags in front and rear now for over 3 years. The ride is really great, way better than my EMU coils I had previously. I ride a lot harder and faster with the bags, they just even the bad bits out better. The bags have a very low natural frequency so don't need a heavy shock for ...

This is second hand info but heard it first hand from the guys. We had 4 teams compete in OBC this year from South Africa. Granted we have way little experience there. The yellow Patrol shorty had MTZ's on and the white Prado had STT's on. I specifically asked them both about their tyre choices ...

Thanks guys, I also thought so but it doesn't hurt to ask. Will post as soon as it is done. The radius arm will be made out of 32mm thick 650MPa Roqtuf, very similar to your Bizalloy.

Thanks again.

Hi Guys

Would a Johnny Joint handle the loads if used at the chassis end of a radius arm? I want to make new radius arms that attach behind and below the transmission crossmember on my GQ. They will end up about 1100mm from axle to chassis end. I was thinking of using a big johnny style joint at ...

Just a note on the airbags, for the back of a GQ you don't need any mounting hardware, just 2 holes in the top spring perch and if you want you can drill a hole in the botom spring mount forward of the current hole in the centre. The Firestone bag fits without any problems and no rubbing anywhere. I ...

Firestone 1T14-c7 and the exact one is W01-358-5426

It has 6.8" collapsed height and 21.7" fully extended.

http://www.firestoneindustrial.com/nort ... termarket/

Go to Interactive catalogue and search for 1t14c-7 and then pick the number W number from above to see specs.

Thanks, it seems better to rather overdo the castor than not. I must say, I have found that too little castor can be quite scary.

I reckon then for Hig Speed stuff a 60% up and 40% down would be good and then set up the castor at 2 degrees for this situation. If I then drop the susspension 1" I get a 50/0 ratio but my castor increases a bit which I suppose isn't that bad when crawling. Or is it?

I can set the level with the air springs almost anywhere in the 10"stroke. I am looking for a good position for general setup and then I will set the castor up at that same position. The biggest problem I have founbd with the air setup that is so easily adjustable is that you need to pay a lot more ...

OK, maybe different approach.

Is it OK if I set the suspension up so that the shocks travel 6" up and 4" down?

I am redoing my radius arms. Too expensive to get ones from your end of the world and thought seeing as there are quite a few of new ideas I'd give it a bash as well. I want to combine drop boxes with longer radius arms. I want to move the mounting point to behind the gearbox crossmember, this ...

Thanks. I just moved up to 37's and need to do something about the suspension. The idea was to do drop boxes, but now I think I will do arms as well. First I just want to do a set of longer radius arms without any of the interesting stuff. Being in South Africa I it is a bit difficult getting a set ...

Stupid question, but what are those arms made of? Some alloy or steel?

Guys, just check the specs of the Masterpull carefully. There seems to be a healthy dose of marketing in their "Masterpull vs the rest of the worlds ropes" document on their website. Firstly they use Dynex Dux SK-75 from Dynex and according to Dynex themselves the 12mm is a 35000lb rope. Masterpull ...

I did mine in 50 x 36mm hollow bar. Made them 69cm long seeing as it seemed like a good number at the time. That is about 20mm longer than stock. I'm going to change to a long arm setup soon.

Yeah, OBC is really dear for us, especially the fact that we nee to ship and fly over there. Thats why we try and build up and pick a year and all go. 2008 is that year. We'll see if we make it.

My intention is to come over in 2008 and do OBC. But seeing as we have no comp that style over here, I am building the vehicle almost entirely based on what I get from this forum. And the advise from some our guys who have done it before. The intention is to try and at least get to the end of the ...

I am running 35's on 15" rims at the moment. Want to upgrade to 37 soon and add beadlocks. Is it more adviseable to stick to the 15" rims or go up to 17". Easy to get rims for 15" but tyres a bit more difficult. Difficult to get 17" rims but tyres easier.

The pistons aren't attached to the bag. You just pull them out and put a different one in.

http://www.nissan4x4.co.za/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1515&KW=Freakazoid

This is my front bag with the old piston. But as you can see, sort of, the piston just sits inside the bag. Apologies for the link. i ...

Cheers thanks. Is the fact that the shaft on the vac locker is shorter a problem. I mean if it does not stick in so far have guys been twisting the end off or stripping splines?

If you are new to TIG download Miller's TIG HAndbook. It really helped me understand what to look for in a good TIG as well as what all the controls do. Sometimes the manual with the machine isn't that great.

Were you talking about this

http://www.briancrower.com/makes/nissan/tb48.shtml

I did a search and also asked our local ARB agent the following question. Is there a difference between the spools and or shafts on the GQ diffs between the LSD and the factory locker? ARB state the same diff for the H233B, be it with the LSD or with the factory locker. A mate put a ARB into the ...

HI Joel, wooders. I assume the argument is based on a rolling sleeve type bag and not the bellows type. The rolling sleeve is much better for vehicle use anyway. If so the piston diameter relative to the bag diamter determines the spring rate and as you change the piston diameter from fully extended ...

Hi Sootygu. that is the same spring I used in the back. Also known as the 1T14C-8. The only bracket you really need, but not necessary, is a round plate on top of the bag to interface with the upper spring mount. I can send drawing if you want. on the bottom you bolt the piston the the spring perch ...

On the front they actually don't roll much. They handle better than the 2" OME I had in front. The problem with the airbags is that they loosen the back up so much that the front doesn't do any work. So I have to keep my swaybar attached so the front can work a bit as well. Am plannign on an X-link ...