Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Alright there is about 3 or 4 ways i ahve seen this done and want some info on EACH and all in the one thread!

What have you done?

How did you do it?

Some pics would be awsome!

After the weekend( Bent main mount the one that go's diagonla with chassis rail and sheered off 3 of the 4 bolts on the drivers side holding the case to the mount! ) I'm lucky i din't fuc* the box up!

Let me know what you have done and wack up some picks! I need to sort something out it held in with a ratchet strap!

CHEERS GUYS!

Mighty Kong US$189
Spidertrax US$128.20
www.lowrangeoffroad.com

That low range off road site is pretty good. Is there a company in Australia that do the same kinda stuff?

there are some places that do it in Oz but its generally cheaper to get that sorta stuff from the US. I just got the spidertrax mounts....look really good and strong enough for my 4.9s.... although the mighty kong incorporates a bashplate as well for a little more.

Does Roctoy on here still do the tcase rings?

there is so much cool stuff on there. And the prices seem pretty good. Even though they are USD postage would hurt. being heavy steal.

Im talkin to some one who has reinforced mounts and stuff for sale so i will see how that go's but that bash plate one is pretty awsome!

Any one got pic's of a home job?

I need to sort something out it held in with a ratchet strap!

thats my ratchet strap too. You need to fix a few more things while ya at it. I'd get sick of that radio falling out of the dash all the time.

I really like the mighty Kong as it takes some of the torsional load off the case and spreads the load better between the mounts

built4thrashing wrote:

I need to sort something out it held in with a ratchet strap!

thats my ratchet strap too. You need to fix a few more things while ya at it. I'd get sick of that radio falling out of the dash all the time.

Forgot that was yours!

How do you want me to get the custom mount too you?

As i said it's going to get a big overhaul and be back runing at 110% like it USED to!

how neccessary are these, i have been running 32s with the rocklobster setup for 6 months with no dramas.

Once you have lockers and get into ledges and stuff they can go pretty easily. It's all down to how much traction you can generate.

Out in interest, the early 1.0 mounts are superior- they mount on 4 points and the case is less likely to twist.

Steve.

sorry i forgot to mention i was locked rear and now locked front as well. my side mount twisded so i bought a new one and braced it up at one stage, but thats all

Is this an area where too much strengthening can be hazzardous?
Rocktoy rings strenghten the case, king kong etc strenghten the mounts

Personally I would rather just the case strenghtened and replace mounts as needed

Something has to give might as well the cheapest and easiest part to replace

That's normally adequate but did you brace it to a couple of the front output bolts? This will REALLY prevent it bending and help prevent the bolts breaking out of the case.

The next thing that will go is that the tension mount will bend and the case will hit the floor. Not really a show stopper though.

Remember, whenever you reinforce something, you move the force into something else, be it chassis mounts, or upstream into the gearbox/engine mounts.

Steve.

its braced from one front mount to rear. wont bend! i get what ur saying so i will keep an eye on it.

with these rings do u have to separate the case or just remove the bolts aroundc the case?

Roctoy ring

never thought id be interested to see someone mounting roctoy's ring...

just cruizin' wrote:

Roctoy ring

that look good!!!
i like it!!
just a standard other mount?

was until I bent it, now it's going to be another fab mount welded to the ring.

I braced the long arm with 6mm plate and made a new short one from 6mm also. Has been a reliable setup so far

Of course to do this it will raise the transfer up a few inches and unless you have a BL you'll have to do some major cutting

markil wrote:I braced the long arm with 6mm plate and made a new short one from 6mm also. Has been a reliable setup so far

Of course to do this it will raise the transfer up a few inches and unless you have a BL you'll have to do some major cutting

thats awesome! how many inches higher?
Do you have a pic from the other side showing upper track bar mount markil?
Does anyone know if driveshaft angles become a problem in a SWB? say spoa on std. springs with the transfer higher?

Cheers guys i'm taking it all in!

The roctoy ring looks preety easy but i don't really want to open up the case again!

Gwagensteve the mount i had had 4 bolts holding that side to the mount then the actuall mount is secured in 2 places paralel to the chassis rail! Do you mean the mount has 4 mounting points or the case to the mount? Cause i thought all had 4 bolts holing the case to the mount on the drivers side?

Markil now that is reiforced! But i don't have a body lift and i don't wanna go cutting too much.......

Keep it coming guys!

mine also twisted got another one and just welded some box tube to it seems fine now .cheer ron

Welded it where? Need to sort something out and get that part of the reb uild over and done with!

Calmini also make a transfer brace/mount. You can get them from snake racing also.

as it sits in the car 25x25mm box tube along the bottom just leave 5-10mm short each end so it does not hit the mount. cheers ron

with the solid mounting does anyone find that you get more noise or more of a backlash type feeling when letting off the throttle on the road.

sam

ronoor wrote:as it sits in the car 25x25mm box tube along the bottom just leave 5-10mm short each end so it does not hit the mount. cheers ron

Would you be able to take some pics? Sounds like the easyst way yet!

dont know how to put pics on. and a guset the other bracket