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Beefing up the Transfer Case

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Beefing up the Transfer Case

Post by Bazooka »

Seeing what I have planned for my project the only stock part of the drivetrain looks to be the T/C. I remember reading about busted mounts, arms and even breaking the case open with too much torque. How have others fixed these problems from happening? I have seen stronger arms available. I am thinking of a bucket type mount that will hold the case and everything together and use stronger rubber (poly?) mounts. Is there anything available out there locally? Who is making these things?
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Post by Mudzuki »

Plenty of the US companies (calmini, tt, rro) sell transfer buckets that replace the mounts and give good strength. Has been mentioned on here before.
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Post by Bazooka »

Yeah I know of them but was wondering if anyone local does them.
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Post by CHOPZUKI »

sam from overkill engineering deals with trail tough, he just ordered a heap of gears and buckets.

shoot him a pm.
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Post by mud4b »

this is what i done.. it works so far.
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Post by Guy »

mud4b wrote:this is what i done.. it works so far.


That looks pretty sweet, whats the deal with the rubber mount, have you found it vibrates alot like that ??
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Post by mud4b »

yes it did.
i now use normal mounts on the long arm with chains.
and the mount you see in the pic on the single arm.

these do have a crush tube inside them.
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Post by Bazooka »

Yeah thats pretty cool. Doesnt look too hard to achieve.

I like the e-brake setup with what looks like a Go-kart caliper. :D

I have just inquired about one of these - http://www.rock4xfabrication.com/forrest.htm
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Post by Guy »

mud4b wrote:yes it did.
i now use normal mounts on the long arm with chains.
and the mount you see in the pic on the single arm.

these do have a crush tube inside them.

excellent


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Post by built4thrashing »

i was thinking of using a poly spring bush and bolting right through it. would this work?
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Post by duncan »

What did you use for the hand brake set up as in what caliper and disc also how did you set it up to the hand brake lever
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Post by nicbeer »

mud4b wrote:yes it did.
i now use normal mounts on the long arm with chains.
and the mount you see in the pic on the single arm.

these do have a crush tube inside them.


the mount on the single arm? what is the rubber bit from and do you need high tension bolts?

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Post by oozuk »

mud4b wrote:this is what i done.. it works so far.


sorry to steal the thread but where did you get that disc handbrake setup?
did you develop it or buy it ??
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Post by mud4b »

ok the disc e-brake is made from go- kart gear.i have made it myself...

it will be a kit im just doing the testing on it.


i used boat rollers that have been cut down. it does use ht bolts.
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Post by Bazooka »

I am making myself a similar design using a go-kart brake disc and a caliper the same as in the spidertrax kit.
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Post by EARSEZOOK »

I will be running disc brake raer on my hiluxes and the calipers incorporate hand brake as well.
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Post by built4thrashing »

i was thinking of using a poly spring bush and bolting right through it. would this work?
do youz think it would be flexi enough
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