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

[MNC]

... Once again thanks Jafa for letting me ride shotgun for the afternoon, and I really wanted to see how the suspension worked, that is why I asked to get out when you where playing on silly angles, I wasn't scared of you rolling it , ,

HONEST I WASN'T, I DID HAVE THE DOG TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL,

FITZY.

Hope you got some more pics of the truck playing on silly angles while you were watching

[Bolo]

WOW , I have just finshed reading the last 33 pages of this build , and I would have to say that is one of the nicest trucks around , Well done Jafa , it looks good mate ,

Matt

[haydgq]

C'mon jaffa dont hold out on the south island trip pics.!!!!

[Shane]

Some pics here

http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/J ... /?start=20


viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14549&start=30

[haydgq]

Some pics here

http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/J ... /?start=20


viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14549&start=30

Cheers for the link to the pics Shane, Looks like a good trip.!!

[J_Dub]

jafa, when reading thru your build you say you will rip out your current motor eventually and replace with the v8 you originally were going to put in? still the case? if so how muchy will you be selling off this 2.7ltr????

[Chopper01]

jafa, when reading thru your build you say you will rip out your current motor eventually and replace with the v8 you originally were going to put in? still the case? if so how muchy will you be selling off this 2.7ltr????

the 22re will be going into the zuke

[Jafa]

jafa, when reading thru your build you say you will rip out your current motor eventually and replace with the v8 you originally were going to put in? still the case? if so how muchy will you be selling off this 2.7ltr????

the 22re will be going into the zuke

22re?? I dont have one of those its currently got a 3rz-fe

J_Dub, after how well it went down south, I dunno if I can be bothered taking the 3rz out, with 20 odd forward gears, I dont really need a lot more hp, mebbe the v8 will find a home in my old zook instead if i find that I suddenly need more wally, I'll bolt a turbo, or supercharger on it......but I cant see it happening honestly

[SMOKEY]

When Jafa makes a statement using the words ---- cant and ---- honestly in the same sentence I am forced to get the Dictionary out.

cant = noun; any hypocritically pious language.
verb; to cause to slant or tilt.
so then I had to look up hypocritically.
hypocritically = from the word hypocrisy:= the pretence of having certain qualities, beliefs or feelings, especially admirable or virtuous ones.

honestly = truthful or free from deceit or pretence.

Still not being totally satisfied with Jafas reply I thought what would Nibby say, ,

HE'S TELLING PORKIES AGAIN,

FITZY.

[Jafa]

[rokhound]

Well done Fitzy.

[J_Dub]

no dramas, thought for a second... this fulla might be able to hook a hilux brother up...
dont blame ya, seems to go good enough

[skid]

[PR]

Good one Skid

[Jafa]

Righto, been tryin to wheel the piss outta my Jalopy, not alot of breakage from the 14 day Xmas trip except for destroying 3 80 series rod ends, and elongating the hole in my Histeer arm




Pulled the arm with the intention of boring the hole out to 3/4 and use a Heim joint instead of tierod ends. Had to put it together with a billet 4 stud arm to go out over the weekend, and took a heavy hit on the sidewall of the tire/rim and destroyed the arm, ripped the kingpin out of the arm, grenade'd the bearing, snapped all 4 toyota studs, and bent the rock rings. Managed to get it trail fixed by pulling the remaining 2 studs that weren't being used, pulling the Longfield out (couldn't find all the bearing bits, didnt want to risk munching them in the birf), bolting the arm back on without the bearing and crawling back to camp.





Also distorted my six shooter knuckle, hard to see in the pic, but theres a gap partway around the kingpin now, where the material has moved




Got it pulled apart tonite and have come up with a plan. I think because of the tire size and the Hydro assist, when ya bash the side of the tire on something rigid, all the force is transferred through the steering components and stops at the ram, coz the fluid wont compress. I notice that the steering wheel doesn't get yanked out of your hands when ya hit something. This is why I sheared off the tierod ends, its only 12mm or so dia where it broke. I also noticed that the stock knuckle stud/cone washer setup allows the arm to rotate about the kingpin if enough force is applied, bending, then breaking the studs. This could be why they keep coming undone too.The cone washers grip the stud 7 to 8mm above the surface of the knuckle housing, as below



My solution is to mill a keyway into the top of the swivel housing, and a matching one under the arm, and replace the 12mm studs with 16mm capscrews, this way the arm is not relying on the studs to prevent rotation, instead the kingpin and the key will do that, and the capscrews will clamp the arm to the housing and thats all



Hopefully this will work

[Bulletproof]

Hi Jafa

Sounds like a good scheme.

Is there no way of fitting a release valve to the hydro Ram so after a certain pressure builds it lets go ?

Cheers Richard

[Jafa]

Hi Jafa

Sounds like a good scheme.

Is there no way of fitting a release valve to the hydro Ram so after a certain pressure builds it lets go ?

Cheers Richard

I had wondered about that myself, and am seeing whats available, would be good to have an extra safety.

[rokhound]

Keep us up to date on this one Jafa. Like the milling idea, have you posted on Pirate to get the shear forces required to shear the extra keyway? When I converted my swivels to 5 stud, one of the guys there had done the numbers and it worked out to be 40% more effective than having 4 studs. You with 6 should be way up there, and then with a key way as well.................

Or you could just be more careful, and stop driving it beyond it's capabilities

[Jafa]

Yes more careful would be better,

[Dace]

Or you could just be more careful, and stop driving it beyond it's capabilities

Yeah ya gotta watch those wide unrutted tracks with heaps of traction, will get ya every time

[Jafa]

wasnt the wide unrutted track so much, as the bank on the side I ran into

[wisard2]

wasnt the wide unrutted track so much, as the bank on the side I ran into

Don't know why Trev.................the track was dry, flat......................and only about 3.5 metres wide.

Me thinks you just like working on your truck every night into the wee small hours.

[Jafa]

bit o progress on the knuckle stud "beef-up" Now sporting 16mm capscrews, and a 16mm key

Looks a bit stronger, and the key looks like it will resist all forces trying to turn it around the kingpin....wonder what the weak bit will be now

[Engineer]

holy f**k man! lol!! crikey dick..well u certainly wont break that again!!

[Jafa]

holy f**k man! lol!! crikey dick..well u certainly wont break that again!!

Yeah baby! "Super Six Shooters"

[FUBAR_nz]

holy f**k man! lol!! crikey dick..well u certainly wont break that again!!

you seen how he drives

[Bulletproof]

...wonder what the weak bit will be now :lo

Hi Jafa ,
There is no need to wonder.

It will be the driver

Cheers Richard

[Jafa]

...wonder what the weak bit will be now :lo

Hi Jafa ,
There is no need to wonder.

It will be the driver

Cheers Richard

Ya know Richard, I think you might be right

[H2OLOVA]

What do you mean it will be the driver???? It was ALWAYS the driver

[Jafa]

What do you mean it will be the driver???? It was ALWAYS the driver

Hey! quieten down in the cheap seats!