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60 series spring seats

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60 series spring seats

Post by grantygq »

A mate has a 60 series cruiser. It has good drive line, body but he gets caught up on his fischplates going thru bogs, he's running 36" simex and still cant get thru were i go in my gq with 35 baja's. He is thinking of swapping running gear / body ect. onto an 80 series chassis. Is this a major job? Is there any other options? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by plowy »

i gotta ask what are fischplates ? :?
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Post by grantygq »

sorry its what my mate calls the plates under the leaf spring that the shocker bolts onto. whats the proper name?
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Post by spazbot »

has he got lockers ?
the ubolts wont slow him up that much
does it have a spring over
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Post by grantygq »

no lockers, no springover. i think it is the u bolts but not sure i will ask him exactly what he thinks the problem is
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Post by plowy »

in the '' original '' toyota workshop manual its called a ''spring seat ''

as for getin caught up on it ive never had that prob n only runnin 33 on a 40
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Post by spazbot »

grantygq wrote:no lockers, no springover. i think it is the u bolts but not sure i will ask him exactly what he thinks the problem is
tell him to trim the bolts down to just below the nuts, and dont waste his $$ on a swap or nething just put a locker in the rear and he will outwheel you ne day
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Post by grantygq »

no worries mate will suggest this to him. thanks
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Post by andrewfarmer »

Make up new bottom plates that lift the nuts out of the way.

Details on mine are here
http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=61345
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Post by Shadow »

you could do a U-bolt flip

this would solve his problem but i very much doubt its getting that caught up on them.
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Post by brighty »

plowy wrote: as for getin caught up on it ive never had that prob n only runnin 33 on a 40
So Stu, what you're really try'n to say is you know how to drive then!!! hahaha, NOT!!! :finger:

Nah, 60's weigh a ton mate..... put em near mud and they're guaranteed to sink!!! I found it's only on rocks that seem to be a bit of a prob for those u-bolt plates.
When in doubt..... UTE-ERIZE it!!!
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Post by Ice »

ive caught them up on a few things... 31's was the problem then grind/cut them shorter if its still an issue with bigger tyres

then lock it :)
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