yeti wrote:righto time to explain butterfly thingy ......
yeah, about that... remember this?
luckyme wrote:Upper bushing of front axle has shown some signs of wear for some time... I'm sure OME design is good for on road use, but offroad killed the rubber
thats the only one bushing that stayed OME after the lift kit, all others been replaced with IRO stuff. Being the point that stops the axle wrap thought it'd be a good idea to replace it with something better, so went with home made
propylux and double stainless casing around it. Will see if it lasts longer than rubber
new vs old
in place
The good news is that the bushing held up very good
but when I was climbing *cough*...bouncing up some fairly steep bank with pedal to the metal the high tensile bolt decided to shatter to pieces. This caused the front axle to rotate and slide forward while fully flexed out, because of that the drive shaft pulled apart. And just for good measures the only original spring retainer(that i thought, why would i replace it with my own one a few weeks back
) broke off allowing the spring to pop out. Well, the landing after that not pleasant and fairly loud
The good folks from Auckland 4WD Club managed to put the spring back in while is was busy pulling out the driveshaft. Managed to pull the axle back into position with a ratchet tie down, chucked a screw driver through the now empty hole, tied it up with some wire and added some finishing touches with electrical tape.
Not saying it was a pleasant drive home, but we wobbled home safely.
the fix