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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: ZERO
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The plan is to take this doner lwb sammy and chop it up put a few bits on and make a few bits (well allot of bits)
it came with the engine missing which suited me fine
the plan
shorten the wheel base to 86" and chop the xs from the rear
fit the axles from a yota lj70
ARB's front and rear
disks at rear
bfg 33x12.5 muds on fondmetaal aloys
1.6 16v vit efi engine with all the bits that go with it
vit gearbox,behind that the reduction part of a vit t/case
behind that a rocklobstered sj t/case with a disk prop brake fitted
the suspension will be a one link front with panard
rear is a setup designed by me to give max travel with zero rear steer
(hence the name zero)
the dislocation of the springs will be controlled by pneumatic cylinders
a few pics of the build so far
all the above are just a trial setup, when I'm happy with it all it will be stripped, fully welded and structured.
steering done had to be made to cope with the extreme axle travel.
using a yota steering box, and each end of the drag link has 4 deep grooved rubber sealed roller bearings.
shocks are now on so all the limiting factors are on,not quite the 90deg but not bad (might still have a play try and get a bit more)
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:
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started work on the transfer boxes you can see a full build of a dual case on one of my other posts(nat is going to put it in the stickies) but this is a triple so it will be a bit more work to get it short to fit.
vit trany case prepped ready for welding and output shaft shortened to go back in.
this is the shaft for the first case behind the gear box it is shortened and resplined to the same type as the gearbox output shaft in order for it to go into the second vit case input.
after the heat treatment and then giving the bearing races a polish.
it was nitraded then heated to 1100deg oil quenched then tempered at 250deg three times, maybe over kill cos the original is only en16 case hardened.so it should be strong.
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xamtex Difflock Royalty
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Odometer: 11903 Location: nuneaton
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:
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excellent work...just 1 question????why cut a lwb down to 86"
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:
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xamtex wrote: | excellent work...just 1 question????why cut a lwb down to 86" |
Cos a swb is to short for the triple trany and the lwb I'm using is reg-ed as a commercial so hopefully be a bit more strait forward for the sva. And i think 86 is a good compromise .
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:
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As you can see i have used the 80mm box for the sills. And also extended it to go up to the scuttle to form the bottom half of the cage. Ive done the same at the rear up to the level of the factory hoop then tube from there up. The plan is to have a fully integrated cage with just the screen hoop on the outside.
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:
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few more pic's
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:
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bit more done to top of cage
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:
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front end (nowt else to say realy)
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:38 am Post subject:
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big_patrol Mud Obsessed
Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Odometer: 2620 Location: Rossendale
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:14 am Post subject:
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Im waiting patiently for an update
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Nobby Mud Obsessed
Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Odometer: 3097 Location: Ty Gwyllt
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customfighter Articulating
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Odometer: 781 Location: North East
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject:
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Over 4 months and no update? come on rich
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:12 am Post subject:
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oh go on then
managed to get some done on my own truck this week so here goes
front clip finished just needs paint. enclosed head lamp bowls and the iner wings are fabbed from 3mm alloy sheet
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:
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started the tare down to weld up all the bits that were just tack welded.
front axle nearly done just a few gusets to add here and there. all the one link frame done and the diff guard in 6mm plate.
stripped out the diff and measured the backlash prior to rebuilding.
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:38 am Post subject:
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pics pics pics
diif all done ready to go back in and its got a bit of copper pipe on it wonder what that means
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customfighter Articulating
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Odometer: 781 Location: North East
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:
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Nice ARB Like the cardboard over the diff wish id done that think mine might need a clean out before reasembly. Nice work as usual Rich
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject:
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another days work. Welding on front axle all done.
Swivel gussets cut out of 20mm plate and welded in.
And some bits arrived from bits4vits
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject:
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more pics
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daviie Just got MTs
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Odometer: 459 Location: Sunny Scunthorpe
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:33 pm Post subject:
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coming on well rich
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Chris™ Mud Obsessed
Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Odometer: 3052 Location: Warwickshire
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:15 am Post subject:
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Beautiful welding, looking awesome
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Odometer: 1542 Location: North lincs
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject:
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done some more today. Chassis welding.
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject:
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pics pics
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Jimmy Just got MTs
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Odometer: 307 Location: Wirral, Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:
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Monster in the making, looks good man
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mukkybugger Gate Opener
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject:
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wish i could weld like that...grrr
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:13 am Post subject:
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Chris wrote: | Beautiful welding, looking awesome |
aww shuks
Iv only posted pics of the good bits
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:23 am Post subject:
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put some recy points on the front xmember.
Cleaned it all up and have it a couple of coats of zinc primer.
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forkrentfitter Articulating
Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Odometer: 523 Location: felixstowe
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject:
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richard,in the last pic it shows your pipe bender,is it a cheepy type?your cage bends look bloody good,any tips/i am just about to attempt my first cage,what type of pipe did you use?
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject:
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forkrentfitter wrote: | richard,in the last pic it shows your pipe bender,is it a cheepy type?your cage bends look bloody good,any tips/i am just about to attempt my first cage,what type of pipe did you use? |
Yes it is a cheap sealy bender but the die's are tubela with an adapter the standard die's have to small a radius and can kink the pipe. The main hoops are in cds hydro pipe 4mm wall.
The front clip is just seamed 3mm wall water pipe and that bends ok if you put the seam at the side of the bend and not inside or outside
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forkrentfitter Articulating
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:
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thanks for that,are the tubela formers expensive?are the standard formers any good on blue band?my local pipeline center can do 42mm seamless for the same price as blueband,but i have had scaremongers tell me you need a mandrel bender to bend seamless.
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rockwatt Off-Road Guru
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject:
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forkrentfitter wrote: | thanks for that,are the tubela formers expensive?are the standard formers any good on blue band?my local pipeline center can do 42mm seamless for the same price as blueband,but i have had scaremongers tell me you need a mandrel bender to bend seamless. |
I got the dies from a pipe contractor that went bust so i dont know how much they would cost. Mine's all seamless and its bent nice. To stop the little dents from the little roller's pack them out with 6mm ply. You only need a mandral for thin wall high carbon like t45 or stainless
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