body lift issues on vitara?

[Beastmavster]

IFS but much stronger.... steel case and all that.

[mudfkr]

i'm not sure if i should just post on this one, or start another post.

but anyway, this is probably my fault for using box tube as a body lift, but i cant seem to get them to settle in. like, one or two of the box sections, always seem to squeek.

i think its either the bolts i used, and that they dont hold properly, or something else.

or it could be the body mount seat thats on the actual chassis rail. the hole that the bolt goes through, is, i think, about the size of a 10 cent piece. even if i'm using large washers(doubled up), i dont think they are strong enough.

maybe i should make up some bigger washers out of steel flat bar for the bottom.

if anyone used box section for their body lift, could you let me know how you bolted it, and what you used, (bolts etc:)

this is clearly my fault for using box section in the first place.
maybe i should just take the box sections out, until i can afford proper body lift blocks.

grrrrr!

thanks for any help.

Steve,
Can you get a photo up so we can get an idea of how you've bolted it together ? some one might have a brain storm idea once we've seen what you've done.

Shane

[SiKiD_01]

with the body lift, it was making a few tiny noises, and i think they were getting loose as i drove over the rough stuff.

i think i worked out the problem. it was the washers i was using. i dont think they were strong enough. this is for the nylock nut on the bottom of the mount. i think the reason was, that the mount (on the chassis) has a very big hole, and previously, the body stud had this plastic thing that made the rubber mounts fit tight over the stud, and thus needed the bigger hole.

not sure if you understand what i mean. just look at the pictures, and i hope you'll see what i mean.

the washers were pulling through the bottom hole, and that was what was giving in and making things give a little. i doubled up on the washers, but the same.

so i went to my mates shed, and he made up some big a$$ 'washers', if you want to call them that, out of some 70mm X 70mm flat steel bar. punched a hole in the centre, and now the body is pretty stable now.

[mudfkr]

Steve,
I would have set it up the other way with the rubbers under your lift block instead of on top. Having them on top will be hard to keep it tightly mounted on the bottom side because your pulling a flat surface into the depression designed for the rubber to sit in, make sense don't it ??

Shane

But really I would have done it this way

[SiKiD_01]

i know about the depression in which the larger body mount sits in, this is why i cut the lower section off, so i could fill that it. if you look closer, you can see it under the box section, and in the depression, and thats why you can see the two pieces of flat rubber on top of the box section to make up for it.

[mudfkr]

i know about the depression in which the larger body mount sits in, this is why i cut the lower section off, so i could fill that it. if you look closer, you can see it under the box section, and in the depression, and thats why you can see the two pieces of flat rubber on top of the box section to make up for it.

Steve,
you have now earned you 100% dodgyness certificate so please adjust your signature to "master of dodgyness"

Shane