"Jafa's Jalopy"...3RZ-FE and on 40's:)

haynzy · Post by **haynzy** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:54 pm

I have just clicked that snr is based here in the manawatu, I am keen on one of the hi steer kits for my lexlux build

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:50 pm

thats looking cool as mate

....

still waiting for your response on my thread tho :wink:

you must be too busy building

haynzy · Post by **haynzy** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:08 pm

is this what im after?http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=104470893 seems quite cheap

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:50 pm

Moved

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:55 pm

I'm gonna move this to your build thread Haynzy :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:07 pm

Fawk!, looks like it might work!! :shock:

Max droop on this side, could get more with longer shocks :roll:

Dropouts doin their thing :lol:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:10 pm

Now thats cool, two thumbs up for that :thumright: :thumleft:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:21 pm

x2
:thumleft: :thumright:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:01 pm

Damm thats some cleva thinkin and will still be road legal

very cool :afro:

Cheers Reece

tgaguy1 · Post by **tgaguy1** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:42 pm

Are you going to have some way of locking the drop out rods so when you jack it to change a wheel you dont need to jack it 10 feet in the air to get the wheel of the ground? Or am I missing some of the details in this setup? By the way, very nice job, I want one.

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:40 pm

tgaguy1 wrote:Are you going to have some way of locking the drop out rods so when you jack it to change a wheel you dont need to jack it 10 feet in the air to get the wheel of the ground? Or am I missing some of the details in this setup? By the way, very nice job, I want one.

thanks for the compliments. The easiest way to jack it up will probably to chain or strap the diff to the chassis rail before lifting, or mebbe I'll come up with a plan to use the hub....

Anyways, heres some more Hilux porn!

Got the rear hubs and drive plates finished, just about to fit an old diff head and measure up for new axles, I'll turn them up tonite and an electrode to erode the splines in the drive plates. Then setup the dividing head on the mill to spline the axles. That shuld keep me busy for the rest of the week :roll:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:52 pm

Heres one with the drive plate removed

MAHINDRACJ4A · Post by **MAHINDRACJ4A** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:21 pm

This is a very nice build

big ups to you

how hard was it to put disc brakes into it ? as im looking to do the same to my mahindra cj4a

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:50 pm

MAHINDRACJ4A wrote:This is a very nice build big ups to you

how hard was it to put disc brakes into it ? as im looking to do the same to my mahindra cj4a

Well if you have the knowledge and the gear, its not that hard :lol:

WTF is a Mahindra cj4a?? :shock:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:55 pm

A bit of progress on the axles this week
You can see the difference in length compared to a stock rear axle, this will give me 100mm more track per side.

Few pics of the spline setup and the electrode to burn the splines into the drive plate

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:30 pm

Now your'e just showing off Jafa. :wink:

Looking very, very sharp fella. Keep up the good work

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:47 pm

Awesome fab work mate.

Matt.

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:11 pm

thats cool!

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:07 pm

Built a jig for rotating the front knuckle balls today, chucked the front diff in the lathe and put some grooves in next to the factory welds, then with the help of a bar thro the kingpin holes, rotated the balls :shock:

to point the pinion at the TF case flange, then layed down a root run and will finish it of tomorrow, then its onto coilover mounts, 4 link mounts and strengthening, tho not to the extremes that Reece went :lol:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:24 pm

strengthening, tho not to the extremes that Reece went

got three housings here that are bent from road use :shock:

all bent up at the edge of the diff housing, next one I brace will be braced at about the 10 oclock position accross the diff head, based on how these ones had bent.... going to be doing some new axles soon that shouldn't need any bracing

anyway

Damm you have all the toys Jafa "insert green with envy icon :lol:

" lathe large enough to swing a housing

More more

Cheers Reece

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:06 pm

Reinforced my balls tonite :shock:

Cant see very well in these pics but the gusset is actually a piece of tube cut to fit, I'll post a pic from the top later, after its cooled down :lol:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:42 pm

Nice br... then are you gona finish it :wink:

What wall was your pipe?? dosn't look like theres much structre left in that tube where it runs down the base... is there vertical wall to warrent the effort??

Nice welds by the way... gota love tig

Cheers Reece

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:04 pm

With all the talk that goes on about what everybody has "flipped", i got to thinkin "What can I do on my truck that is flipped?"...How bout flipped u-bolts? ..nope, no leaf springs....how bout a flipped steering arm?....nope, got proper hi steer...Hmmm gotta be sumfing!!, then it occured to me

A FLIPPED BUNG HOLE!!! :lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

Back to the real stuff........and the strengthening begins..........

Hows this for a tube notcher

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:56 am

Nice jafa, like the notcher :roll:

the head alone is worth more than most professonal units hell you could probably buy the drill as well :lol:

Damm I wish I had your workshop!!

I know you don't want the weight I've put in mine but I'd sugest a bit of bracing from the end of the tube brace to the end of the axle tube
Its just the research I did on pirate and few other places showed there is a weak link where the swivel ball housing ends inside your axle .... alot of guys who jumped them bend em there

Cheers Reece

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:41 am

De-Ranged wrote:I know you don't want the weight I've put in mine but I'd sugest a bit of bracing from the end of the tube brace to the end of the axle tube
Its just the research I did on pirate and few other places showed there is a weak link where the swivel ball housing ends inside your axle .... alot of guys who jumped them bend em there

Cheers Reece

Yer its aint finished yet, the area on the ends will be stronger once i build in the coilover mounts.

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:17 am

thought you would

... but I'd hate to see something as mean as what your doing have a simple weak link :roll:

Hey how are you going with that PTO setup.... started machining the shafts yet?

Cheers Reece

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:23 am

De-Ranged wrote:thought you would ... but I'd hate to see something as mean as what your doing have a simple weak link

Hey how are you going with that PTO setup.... started machining the shafts yet?

Cheers Reece

I have drawn it all up on Solidworks and it'll all fit nicely within the gap between my a340 and geardrive TF, I'll shorten the main shaft at both ends and put 23 splines in one end and 21 in the other, CNC up an alloy housing and she's all go :roll:

I'll put up some pics when its ready. My biggest issue is keeping it all supplied with oil, think I'll utilize the oil pump out of the chain drive case

suzolla · Post by **suzolla** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:22 am

Hi Jafa,
Nice work,
How much did you rotate your nuckles.
Thanks
Tim

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:39 am

I rotated them so that the angle between the diffhead mounting face and the axis of the kingpin is 25 degrees, this will give me about 10 degrees of caster with the pinion pointing at the tf flange at ride height. Course that all changes as soon as the suspension cycles :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:53 pm

Ok got a bit of work done on the front end, got the coilover hoops tacked up, and the diff hangin in there...sort of.

the pipe going from the shock hoop to the diff is the length of the coilover at ride height, the one going from one hoop to the other just sets the distance.
Next is to fully weld it all and add plates and braces between hoops and chassis rails, there will also be a strut brace going in too, but that'll come later after teh motor is in.

Heres a little shot of the coilovers :lol:

Seeing as I'm not made of money, and cant afford the primo Fox's or Kings, :roll:

I'm gonna make my own.
They are based on a Rancho 9000XL which are new out. They have a 70mm body

Extended length - 920mm Compressed - 530 Nitrogen filled, not as flash as the good ones, but at 99USD each they'll do.
the coils are of a Supra, grey ones are rears and blue ones are stiff fronts 2nd hand off trademe for fiddy bux