WEAPON

[vvega]

#### pete thats awesome :d
welldone mate

[UBZ]

haha know i need to find out why mine isn't flexing as well.

Interesting to watch, front end's seem to be working the same , but your getting alot more wheel stuff in the rear end. off set maybe?

has yours got overload leafs in the rear? or an anti tramp rod? I cant remember , even after staring under heaps

[skid]

Its a very photogenic wee thing, isn't it

Even when ya kick Sarah out too

[DieselBoy]

We are getting the Fame part sorted, still working on the Fortune

First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!



So cool


(I can't help but notice the front lockers not in )

[badnuz]

well done pete front cover is quite the honour!

[Swamped]

Hey pete if your still having rubber mount problems theres a new place on greenwood st SAS (Shock absorber services I think) They do urethane bushes etc that are meant to stand up a heap better than the likes of nolathane. Apparently they don't crack etc like the rest. They moved in next to my work and seem good to deal with. Probably wouldn't have anything off the shelf but they said they take dimensions and make stuff to fit if need be.

Was just a thought if your tc is still giving you trouble.

[UBZ]

We are getting the Fame part sorted, still working on the Fortune

First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!

So cool


(I can't help but notice the front lockers not in )

Haha that's cause it looks like 3rd gear madness and I was holding on to tight to reach the switch.

So know ya have the fame , where are the sponsors?????????? ARB hint hint ,nuge , nuge

[badnuz]

We are getting the Fame part sorted, still working on the Fortune

First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!

So cool


(I can't help but notice the front lockers not in )

Haha that's cause it looks like 3rd gear madness and I was holding on to tight to reach the switch.

So know ya have the fame , where are the sponsors?????????? ARB hint hint ,nuge , nuge

nudge nudge we do assist lol

[DieselBoy]

We are getting the Fame part sorted, still working on the Fortune

First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!

So cool


(I can't help but notice the front lockers not in )

Haha that's cause it looks like 3rd gear madness and I was holding on to tight to reach the switch.

So know ya have the fame , where are the sponsors?????????? ARB hint hint ,nuge , nuge

nudge nudge we do assist lol

Your support and assistance is invaluable badnuz, we REALLY appreciate it, you rock

There is no such thing as a free lunch

[wopass]

We are getting the Fame part sorted, still working on the Fortune

First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!



So cool


(I can't help but notice the front lockers not in )

thats what i was getting at last week with the random "your a supastaaar!!!!" text

[DieselBoy]

Went to Ngaroma and did some wading practice at the weekend ready for Manukau Winch Challenge

[ToYoda]

...and the return journey?

[skid]

Went to Ngaroma and did some wading practice at the weekend ready for Manukau Winch Challenge

how irresponsible, driving in waterways like that

[Heath]

Went to Ngaroma and did some wading practice at the weekend ready for Manukau Winch Challenge

how irresponsible, driving in waterways like that

Yes all that damage to a pristine wetland.

[mudzilla]

Went to Ngaroma and did some wading practice at the weekend ready for Manukau Winch Challenge

how irresponsible, driving in waterways like that

What Blue ducks...

[DieselBoy]

The joys of a DOC 4wd park, heavy rain, a natural spring and a bloody great puddle

[MNC]

...First time its been on the cover of NZ4WD!!!!!!



So cool ...

Yup, saw that in the mag shop. Well Done Pete

[QUADRACER]

how did the rover t case mounts work, have almost as many also
have they lasted ??

[DieselBoy]

Yep, they have done the trick.

Considering they are engine mounts, surviving as a T.Case mount in a little Zook is not a big ask for them!!!!

Best mount available for the job IMO

[DieselBoy]

Just in case anyone is interested

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 90&ed=true

Ready to race

[MNC]

Just in case anyone is interested

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 90&ed=true

Ready to race

WTF! Selling the Weapon, have you gone mad? Are you going through a mid-life crisis???

[Cleary]

You may want to double check eligibility for National trials A class with OME after market springs. (Just sayin').

Nice truck mate!

[mercutio]

Just in case anyone is interested

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 90&ed=true

Ready to race

WTF! Selling the Weapon, have you gone mad? Are you going through a mid-life crisis???

i think it is more a "new" life crisis he has listed the patrol as well but i notice he hasn't listed the fiddy

[Swamped]

Just in case anyone is interested

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 90&ed=true

Ready to race

WTF! Selling the Weapon, have you gone mad? Are you going through a mid-life crisis???

i think it is more a "new" life crisis he has listed the patrol as well but i notice he hasn't listed the fiddy

I think thats actually a member of the family

[DieselBoy]

Time for a change!!!!!!

If someone's got the $$$ then awesome, if it doesn't sell then thats awesome too

[DieselBoy]

The Weapon got dragged out of the shed the other weekend for the first time in 8 months or more.

After unsticking the accelerator cable and putting some air in the tires it was all go

This weekend Mudslut convinced me to bring out to the W.O.R.C champs for a skid.

Was heaps of fun bouncing around, and I even got to play recovery truck on the red flag after 3 buggies went off the truck and stacked up on top of each other down a bank in a gorse bush, and later another red flag after a class 1 buggy barrel rolled off the top of a crest

It was pretty dusty getting roosted by class 1 buggies


The last race took its toll on the front end, my steering wheel went 180degrees out in one direction, then a few laps later seemed to be 180 degrees out on the other direction. Once back at the pits at the end of the race its was obvious something was busted, as the drivers side front wheel had a nice negative camber on it as well as being tucked in towards the fire wall a bit. Sure made it a tight fit onto the trailer

Back in the shed the damaged looked worse


Possibly not the housing, maybe a king pin has snapped. Looking at how the wear mark on the swivel housing doesn't line up with the seals anymore, it may well be


Also the nut on the shackle was working its way loose


Not to worry though, the housing needs replacing because of this damage from the Rotorua W.C.


And it would be a good opportunity to fit this:


Luckly in my parts stash I have another housing ready and waiting


Might also be a good time to finally fit this too


I better get busy, Muppet Fest is only 2 weeks away

[lilpigzuk]

the poor zuk!!
Get any footage??!!

[badnuz]

is that dried mud i see on it?

[DieselBoy]

I managed to sneak the Weapon in to the work shop for the day on Saturday.

I had a couple of mod's in the pipe line a year ago so I could drive it a bit harder, but that was before I realised I wasn't as into the type of competitive driving I was doing as I thought, so it all got shelved for a while.

After bending the front housing the other weekend doing mad crazy skids at an off road racing event, and going co-driver at the Nationals for a round reminded me what I used to enjoy about competition, and about the truck.

You can enter it into something and have a blast, even if you finish last, it always finishes, and you can't help but grin when its on the rev limiter in 3rd and only just under control

So into the work shop it went, transfercase cradle, new pitman arm, new dif housing, new wheel bearings, new front diff gaurd, new drag link, new tie road and tie rod ends and new Transfercase bush's.

Mission owwwwwwwwn.


I have had the Calmini transfer case cradle for a year or so and never fitted it. I was always nursing the transfercase, getting of the gas up hills as soon as I got any sort of bounce happening. I was still tearing mounts and twisting stuff. So this is now under it


The front diff housing was bent in two different directions. it was tweaked back due to the impact that caused this damage on a night stage at the RWC:

Nice little line from the crown wheel rubbing:


I also smashed the the pitman arm off and the dodgy cut and weld steering



Blazed the diff guard on, and wound the new pitman arm into place.


The pitman arm is a special one-off. I took a standard Cressida pitman arm and had the ball joint pressed out of it and a taper pressed in. It now fits the standard unmodified SJ413 steering linkages. Hope I don't bend it!!!!

I didn't get any good pic's, but one of the big reasons I was puting off fitting a new housing was because of the die grinding work that had to be done on the inside of swivel housings to fit the CV's with the spidertraks rings.
You can kind of see some of it in this pic:


Also discovered a twisted spline on the short side axle. Bet it breaks this weekend


Anyway, I was at the work shop from 9am Saturday and got home at 2:30am Sunday. Mission complete

[DieselBoy]

The result is the front wheels are now straight again


And the T.Case might stay where its supposed to. 120hp and Rockhopper gear set make it work hard!!!!!




Got some vibes to sort out, I might need to do some more alignment work on the short jack shaft between the gear box and T.Case, but other than that, it's all good.