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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?

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.

Yeah I know of them but was wondering if anyone local does them.

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

shoot him a pm.

this is what i done.. it works so far.

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 ??

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.

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

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

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

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


I am cataloging all this stuff away for one day when I get another Zuk, and I will build it with all my imaginary money, in an impossibly short time frame

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

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

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?

cheers

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 ??

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.

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

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

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