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G'day, was having a look under the 45 and found that a nut holding the leaf spring u bolt on the driver's side was gone, and the rest on the driver's side were loose Anyway, I replaced that nut and tightened it all up, but the problem is that the axle housing has been moving back and forth along the spring, making the centre pin guide hole oval shaped. Will I have to strip the whole housing down so I can weld up and redrill that hole?
Last edited by hj 45 on Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
hj 45 wrote:G'day, was having a look under the 45 and found that a nut holding the leaf spring u bolt on the driver's side was gone, and the rest on the driver's side were loose Anyway, I replaced that nut and tightened it all up, but the problem is that the axle housing has been moving back and forth along the spring, making the centre pin guide hole oval shaped. Will I have to strip the whole housing down so I can weld up and redrill that hole?
Lets just say that the hole is about twice as big as it should be. I'm looking at getting new suspension all round and the holes welded up and redrilled, all up 1770 bux. Cross Country 4x4 make these springs, anybody heard anything good/bad about 'em?
hj 45 wrote:Lets just say that the hole is about twice as big as it should be. I'm looking at getting new suspension all round and the holes welded up and redrilled, all up 1770 bux. Cross Country 4x4 make these springs, anybody heard anything good/bad about 'em?
lucky you found this problem and sorted it out with only having to buy new suspention to make it safer
the hole in my spring perches where ovaled i just redrilled a hole in the spring perch and the bottom mount it moved the diff back about 4cm i aint complaining tho
The 45 is booked in for Tuesday morning to be fitted up with new springs- could do it myself, but only 220 bux labour, and anyway, not in much condition to fit up springs after working all night. New suspension comin
Did you notice a shudder in the steering at all, when u-bolts get loose they usualy start to shudder through the front end. When i run my swampers on my zook(unbalanced) the vibes make the ubolts come loose, even with locktight and split washers on. Its usualy noticable when the u-bolts come use, cause the front end will shudder.
Layto....
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lay80n wrote:Did you notice a shudder in the steering at all, when u-bolts get loose they usualy start to shudder through the front end. When i run my swampers on my zook(unbalanced) the vibes make the ubolts come loose, even with locktight and split washers on. Its usualy noticable when the u-bolts come use, cause the front end will shudder. Layto....
lay80n wrote:Did you notice a shudder in the steering at all, when u-bolts get loose they usualy start to shudder through the front end. When i run my swampers on my zook(unbalanced) the vibes make the ubolts come loose, even with locktight and split washers on. Its usualy noticable when the u-bolts come use, cause the front end will shudder. Layto....
Yes, there is a shudder in the steering wheel, plus a clunk when changing direction (froward/reverse)
Will I have to strip the whole housing down so I can weld up and redrill that hole?
