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If it's not the panhard bushes it will be the king pins. I went through all this sh*t with my pig, bite the bullet and bought a swivel hub rebuild kit. All fixed now.
Al

Think it was a friday job actually, took all day, first hub took the longest. Safaris/patrols are very simple vehicles to work on compared to others

Its a pretty easy job really, just take your time. Hardest part was getting the seals out from under the king pin bearings without stuffing them. Also remember how many shims you take from each side top and bottom and put the same back. Then start taking or adding to get the right feel. It all comes ...

Did you set the clearances correctly for the auto locker. What you describe is typically and auto lokka working intermittently in 4H. I had a similar issue, took the lokka out, replaced the springs and dowels as they were broken and reset the clearances. No problem anymore. A front auto lokka is ...

I would never take on off road. They are only capable of loose gravel roads and ski roads. We had one come on a fundraiser trip that we were running for the local church. The tracks were all two wheel drive except for one hill, only because of the apparent steepness (it wasn't) and loose gravel. It ...

Firstly they are IFS up front and sort of limit you to a degree. To lift the front you will need to reindex and wind the torsion bars. Once you go over the standard tyre size for them they start chewing fuel. To fit 33" you will need to do a body lift, suspension lift and cut guards. The standard ...

Try the states, they are a dime a dozen over there. The manuals from the states are alot more comprehensive then the haines or gregory's ones. I had one for my old '94 pathfinder.
Al

but I haven't heard of them exploding altogether.

IO have seen two let go inside the diff, what a mess. I was just trying to give you another option based on my experience.

Mine had a similar issue. I had the gears remade by a racer gear maker, fitted aftermarket solenoids and it works everytime now. In and out as fast as an airlocker. Having the gears remade made such a big difference in it's operation. The fork is cast and is very difficult to wled but I managed to ...

It's the wrong alternator.

two guy in our club have done this, I am not convinced they are any better then my N/A 4.2, but then the engine is in good knick. I reckon a well done turbo set up wopuld be better.

Yep, called a pinion seal. You will need a big socket and breaker bar.
al

I have 85% rock crawler reduction gears, no whining. The speedo dosen't even move above zero until in third gear. That's on 35" tyres and 4.1 diffs.

Just put it in, you won't look back. Just check that all the dog gears and the locking gear doesn't have rounded edges, they should be square. If they are rounded it has difficulty staying looked or even going into lock. I had my gear re-built by a gear maker, it goes in and out as quick as an ...

I bought a heap of chinese ones about four years ago for $5 NZ each. They never leak, but then they get changed annually, along with the wheel bearings, inner and outer seals as well. If I bust a CV in the bush, they get changed as well.
Al

Have you had any problems with yours when pushing it hard on the beach, mud or sand?

Don't use in these situations as it only digs the pig in deeper. I use it only when going through cross axle stuff and wheels come off the ground. Got an auto lokka up front working all the time though.
Al

Hey Coxsy,
PM me on ORE. I know these lockers inside out. have replaced solenoids and rebuilt the locking dog gears in the diff. It goes in and out like an ARB now.
Al

I can do a cv in 40 minutes in the bush. That's taking the whole thing apart.
Al

There's also the Detroit Locker option for your front diff, which is better than a Lokka. Just to let you know ! The're copies of each other, one just doesn't cost an arm and a leg in US$. As for ARB, would never go near one. Too many things can go wrong like holes in airlines, air pump failure. AL

Why don't you just fit radius arm spacers and move the front axle forward 15mm.

This happened to me, couldn't work it out. Hub destroyed itself in the bush. Turned out the lock nut had been crossed threaded and causing the smallest amount of play. Still was enoung for the whole lot to wear out and let go. Fix it, you may need to replace the spindle and locking nut. They shouldn ...

My 89 SWB with cloth interior came out with a factyory locker as standard. It has electric windows ets if that helps to sort model numbers out.
Al

The medical profession doesn't know how panadol works either, yet it is one of the biggest medications taken for pain relief. Gets riod of my headaches. Shit if we didn't take a punt to try and uderstand then we would still be in caves.
Al

point taken, but the breakages only occurred after the fitting of 35" silverstones. I will give your theory a go though. I found without the rear axle I gained more wheelspin to clear the tread thus digging and gaing more traction. It is definitely engaged in off camber, slower speed stuff.

I have a factory locker in the rear and a lokka in the front. I hardly use the factory rear locker now the front one is fitted. gets a little hard on steering, difficult to control at high speed in H4, but apart from that I love the mechanical lokka up front. Pulls the pig out of alot of deep holes ...

Looking at doing this as my next mod. Sick of continually popping the left front wheel off the ground. Currently got some ideas down on paper looking at how I can pin it when back on tarseal. Got to stay legal as well. Will keep posted.
Al

You can get a locker for a h260, ARB. I ordered one for my terrano/pathfinder (same rear axle) but rolled it before the locker arrived.
Al

If the rear engine seal is leaking oil into the bell housing it will also produce a shuddering clutch. Ensure when you replce the clutch you also do the oil seal.
Al

Jap import safaris/patrols in NZ came with sunroofs.

PM me on the ORE forum and you can have a look at mine, I'm in New Brighton. I just chopped and welded what I had and it works fine.
Al