moving the front diff forward.

Post by **waxhead..** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:14 pm

ok i have 31's with rears up front and ext. shackles w/ no body lift. I did the ruf by redrilling the perch, no chassis extension. I want to move my front diff forward about an inch to limit the scrubbing.
what would be the best and easiest way about doing this?
I was thinking about redrilling and moving the locator pin on the leaf packs but that takes a bit of effort....
and other ideas?

Post by **just cruizin'** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:39 pm

That would have to be the easiest way I can think of.

Post by **Aerenandmel** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:51 pm

waxhead.. wrote: I did the ruf by redrilling the perch

The perch on the diff or the spring hanger.......I redrilled my perch 1.5" back from the original hole, then bolted it on the spring pack with the locator pin in the rear hole. On my car my z link rubs on the tie rod, so I cant move it any more foward. I love it, killa aproch angles & it does not scrub out ant more

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Post by **waxhead..** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:04 pm

Aerenandmel the idea of redrilling the perch on the diff never even crossed my mind. that sounds a lot easier then re-drilling the pack. thanks.

Post by **just cruizin'** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:48 pm

Sorry Waxhead that's what I thought you meant.

Redrill the perch on the diff and the base plate/shockie mount.

Post by **waxhead..** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:04 pm

nah no worries mate, appreciate the input.

Post by **joshnz1** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:24 pm

best way is use the standard rear mount hole for the rear of the spring,then have a look under my rig on nbs and have a look how pete moved the front mount foward,thats the best way my friend

Post by **waxhead..** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:31 pm

nah I am not interested in a chassis extension josh...
my front suspension works well and can easily go back to stock so I wont do anything drastic with it.

Post by **Aerenandmel** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:57 pm

You might have to make new shock mounts cause your shockys hit the front of the shock tower quickly destroying them depending on how far you move it foward. Thats on my NT anyway

Or you could just put sum shock hoops in while ur at it.....its good to dream ah

Post by **christover1** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:20 pm

My front diff is forward by 22mm.
Just redrilled for the locating pin on diff and axle plate.
There is just enough thread on bottom of shock mount to space it out, then no hitting occurs.
Not sure if this will be the same with ruf

Any more than this may cause tie bar and draglink to hit???

christover

Post by **Gutless** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:39 pm

joshnz1 wrote:best way is use the standard rear mount hole for the rear of the spring,then have a look under my rig on nbs and have a look how pete moved the front mount foward,thats the best way my friend

I did this mod on another zook recently and it was passed by QT.

Post by **waxhead..** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:02 pm

hey pete, thats on mike's isnt it?
how'd he go getting through the pits after the defect?
where have you been hiding? likely to have a rig trail ready one of these days?

Post by **Gutless** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:15 pm

waxhead.. wrote:hey pete, thats on mike's isnt it?
how'd he go getting through the pits after the defect?
where have you been hiding? likely to have a rig trail ready one of these days?

Been working heaps. been up north for a little while.

I now have 2 rigs trail ready, and I'm workin on # 3

Yeah mike's rig. It passed QT a few weeks ago after he stopped it from smoking like a chimny

Post by **Nev** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:52 pm

did he have to go full inspection at the pits?

Post by **just cruizin'** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:34 pm

I would assume not looking at the shackles.

Post by **Gutless** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:42 pm

Nev wrote:did he have to go full inspection at the pits?

Yes.

Post by **Gutless** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:44 pm

just cruizin' wrote:I would assume not looking at the shackles.

standard shackles were fitted prior to RWC. The pic is not from the zook that went over the pits, but another zook that I did. Same mod tho.

Post by **just cruizin'** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:55 pm

Is that the same as what was on JoshNZ's old zook?

Post by **flyinwall** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:16 pm

Gutless wrote:
joshnz1 wrote:best way is use the standard rear mount hole for the rear of the spring,then have a look under my rig on nbs and have a look how pete moved the front mount foward,thats the best way my friend
I did this mod on another zook recently and it was passed by QT.

can we get more details about this mod as it looks like it is a better option than a chassis extention

Post by **Gutless** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:16 pm

the pic IS zosh NZ's zook

Post by **Nev** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:47 pm

Very interesting Pete...sounds like you've done a very good job on it then. Out of interest, when you say that QT will pass this mod of yours, have you actually applied to have it approved? ie. with any paperwork to say its legal or you just assuming they dont mind it as no one said anything? Could it have just been one of the few, nicer inspectors?

Post by **Gutless** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:31 pm

Nev wrote:Very interesting Pete...sounds like you've done a very good job on it then. Out of interest, when you say that QT will pass this mod of yours, have you actually applied to have it approved? ie. with any paperwork to say its legal or you just assuming they dont mind it as no one said anything? Could it have just been one of the few, nicer inspectors?

The inspector wasn't nice at all, as he complained that the drivers side front spring was 10mm lower than the passengers side front spring

The shocky hoops were knocked back, but the 'new' shackle hangers were either given the nod, or ignored. I wasn't there for the inspection.

And no, I have no paperwork to say it is a legal mod, but it is almost invisible anyway.....

Post by **Nev** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:42 am

No worries...thanks for the info...always good to know....sounds like he had about as good a time in the pits as i did

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