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moving the front diff forward.

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:14 pm
by waxhead..
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?

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:39 pm
by just cruizin'
That would have to be the easiest way I can think of.

Re: moving the front diff forward.

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:51 pm
by Aerenandmel
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 :armsup: .

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:04 pm
by waxhead..
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.

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:48 pm
by just cruizin'
Sorry Waxhead that's what I thought you meant.

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

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:04 pm
by waxhead..
nah no worries mate, appreciate the input.

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:24 pm
by joshnz1
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

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:31 pm
by waxhead..
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.

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:57 pm
by Aerenandmel
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 :bad-words: Or you could just put sum shock hoops in while ur at it.....its good to dream ah

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:20 pm
by christover1
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

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:39 pm
by Gutless
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.

Image

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:02 pm
by waxhead..
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?

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:15 pm
by Gutless
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 :armsup:

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

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:52 pm
by Nev
did he have to go full inspection at the pits?

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:34 pm
by just cruizin'
I would assume not looking at the shackles.

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:42 pm
by Gutless
Nev wrote:did he have to go full inspection at the pits?
Yes.

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:44 pm
by Gutless
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.

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:55 pm
by just cruizin'
Is that the same as what was on JoshNZ's old zook?

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:16 pm
by flyinwall
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.

Image

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

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:16 pm
by Gutless
the pic IS zosh NZ's zook

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:47 pm
by Nev
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?

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:31 pm
by Gutless
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 :roll:

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.....

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:42 am
by Nev
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 :lol: