Tippy Rockys

[bullwinkle]

Does anyone else have the same problem with theirs?
Our rocky as soon as it gets on the slightest angle (around 25-30 degrees)it wants to fall over, has already once and too many more nearlys to count . I know they are a very narrow track and it does contribute, have thought of putting different axles and stuff under it but really I don't know if it is worth it for us. Was thinking about different offset wheels, how much more offset are the f100 ones? Does it really help? Or should I just give up?
It has 31's on it and a 2in suspension lift.
Also going up steep hills the front want to come round and going down the rear slides round, especially if really slippery, anyone else have these issues or am I just whingen

[rocknferoza]

What tyre pressure do you run when your offroad
Have u got all terrain or mud tyres
You gotta expect to do some sliding when the tracks are wet and slippery.

[RockyF75]

Bwhahahaah, this is too funnay, i nearly rolled mine today ... or so says my mate spotting me, i didnt think it was that bad, till i looked back and saw the wheel in the air

[lowrider3]

Iv Always been a bit suspect on my ol f75 tipping,
But going straight up hills she seems alright to me went out a couple weekends ago with a 2000 3ltd Patrol and a mitsubishi express ute wich was lifted , but the patrol was stock with Brand new yokies all terrain we went down a big hill wich loocked inicent enough, at the time but on the way down i felt a few slips in the a** end but nothing too major got to the bottom of the hill to talk to everyone else and they said it was a sh*t show the back end wanted to come great them many times.
The Patrol owner also said he had NO chance of getting back up that way
(it was only his 3 time 4wding )
so we looked straight up the next hill not knowing where this track led.
i went first low first no juice made it 3/4 way up hit a wash out allover. reverse down ,But i thought i could make it if i had a go .
The mitsubishi ( sicko he is ) went before i cold have a decent go made it to the same spot i did and died ( keep in mind we were miles from anywhere and the patrol driver said he couldnt go back the same way) but we finally got the mitsubishi up the hill . my turn next, no worries, the patrol took us ages, to get that thing up that hill i had to use two snatch straps to HELP him up the last 1/4 .
Any way after the patrol came off the track a few times on the trip we found out we couldnt go all the way in that derection so had to go back the way we came up the hill the driver of the patrol said no chance to(by this time just starting to get dark and in tassie cold)
Anyway going down the hill( wich was clay )that we pulled the patrol up
all cars were OK up the big hill i went first no worries but the patrol ALL over the show he nearlly came off the bank wich was more a cliff i thought he would die for sure but he made it up
Next the mitsubishi 1/4 way up it stoped so we told him to reverse and have another shot at it, again all over the place. BUT only made it halfway up the hill front wheel off the bank
so we used 2 snatch straps and a winch extention strap to pull him up about 30 meters
any way the moral of the storie is NOT that the patrol is a bad car its good in a stock form but with good tyres u can minimise a lot of problems
coz i trully thoght we were spending a very cold night in the middle of now where
so the rockies can be alright up hills compared too other stock 4x4




but tippy tippy i think SO
hope this story hasnt been too long

[BundyRumandCoke]

Yep, they do fall over at times.

[bullwinkle]

I am running those maxxis mudder tyres on it, they aren't too bad a tyre I thought for cheapos, and have got about 25psi in the tyres.

I have found the rocky to go alot further than alot of other fourbies in some situations (especially mud and sand), we went with some friends in landrovers, one had a disco the other a defender, both with mud tyres, had to laugh when they nearly got bogged and we went through no worries slowly in 2wd. But the rocky is alot lighter,but I am sure they would go further in some other circumstances than the rocky.

Am getting pretty annoyed with it nearly going over all the time and having to be very carefull about tippy bits when everyone else can just fly through. Have thought about selling it, but it too reliable.

We just got back from a trip down south, did 7500kms in 2 weeks, sometimes 14hrs straight ( apart from fuel stops) alot of 4wding in the middle of it. Rocky now has 280000kms on the clock, it regularly got 10l/100km on the trip and only used around 300ml of oil (oil was down 4ml from the full line) on the whole trip, I was very impressed.

So does anyone know if f100 rims would make a signifigant difference in making it stable?, and how much more offset they are to the stock chrome wheels? Last time it went over $5000 damage (landed on a big rock), don't really want to do it again

Should've done my rear main leak then

In the mud

[RockyF75]

heres where i *apparently* nearly rolled. Pics probly dont do it justice but it gives u and idea. and they look cool
If ne1 is annoyed at the size just rightclik save as and then view off your hard drive cuz i culdnt b bothered re-sizing em

[coffen]

Mate is your suspension soft? As this can cause you to feel like it falling over

[RockyF75]

Mate is your suspension soft? As this can cause you to feel like it falling over

not sure what u mean by soft, but they are really crap. Most of the
leafs are sitting flat and the bottom ones are starting to bend to opposite way that their supposed to . But the wheel was pretty high in the air, and i didnt even feel like i was close to rolling, friend spotting me did. He stood next to the wheel and was nearly up to his thigh.

[BabyGodzillaGTi-R]

Yeah they are freaking tippy bastards.
I've nearly rolled a few times.
Pitty the number of times i got it on the side i couldnt snap a pic coz i'm trapped inside the car. Sigh
Not a very nice feeling....
One thing i hate about this car is that it climbs hills well. But going back down hill is scary shit with crappy low gearing.
And thats how i end up nearly fliiping one too many times.

But what i've seen are a few Rockys flipping in front of my own eyes when they are spoa.....

[BundyRumandCoke]

Heres a couple of pics of another time I nearly rolled it.

[bullwinkle]

Heres a couple of pics of another time I nearly rolled it.

Don't you just love that feeling of nearly going over