Hippy's 80

[hippy_]

The plan is to save up some more dosh and get a snorkel, lift kit, diff breathers etc.........

But first I have to fix the diff lockers and acouple of other minor bits.

Took it for a spin in the river bed and road tyres are useless!!! lol




And this is the bird nest of wiring I took out over the weekend.....



It had remote starting, an alarm that work only when it wanted to and about 3 different turbo timers but only 1 of them sort of worked!!

Slowly getting it sorted.

[hippy_]

When on a weeee trip over the Takaka Hill the other month,



Ended up at The Anatori river......





Stopped off at party central on the way back,



Added a sticker......



Last week when on a trip to Lake Tekapo,

[badnuz]

great pics!! mmm snow

[hippy_]

So I got the rear diff lock all fixed up and working...... Gave it a good old test on a muddy hill....... Both wheels spinning. Stoked!!

Now to sort out the front diff lock and..........

Thought I would also do the CV's, king pin bearings, wheel bearings, all the seals, plus overhaul the front calipers(New seals, pads etc) and have a look at the front diff, as I have the drive shafts out(stupid not too IMHO).........



Nice and shinny and clean parts.....



But my problem is this........



Everything is undone, but still it will not come out of the housing??? Going to try again tomorrow....... Any idea's to why it will not?????

[Andrew1706]

Locker may need to be engaged to clear the housing?

[hippy_]

Thanks......... I will give it a try in the morning.

[hippy_]

Well Andrew you were bang on the money, slid the locker pin across and the diff head came out freely. Many thanks for that.

More pictures of the rebuild......

The front locker armature looks mint as, like its never been used!!!



Had some wear on these, I think they are call stub axles(You guy will soon tell me what they are call)???
The old ones....



And the new ones.......



They have a roller bearing in them, the old ones just have the copper bush thing.....

[Pedro]

They have a roller bearing in them, the old ones just have the copper bush thing.....

Personally i would stick to the bronze bush, if roller bearing fails due to moisture in oil/grease then is will quietly eat the CV shaft, bronze bush is less likely to eat it way thru, they will get warm, sweat oil/grease and be re lubed. but if the truck well maintained and oil and hub freq checked particularly with a lot of off road work they should be good

my 2c

Pedro

[kbjj]

Make sure you extend the breather tube for the locker motor. My mate didn,t and killed it when muddy water got in.

[suzolla]

Hi,
What did the new stubs cost you.
Cheers
Tim

[hippy_]

I will keep that in mind........ Yeah I am going to put some better tube's on for the breathers and "T" in the lockers breather.

Todays fun..........

Got the calipers striped and cleaned, then put some new pistons and seal kits in. I did the rears acouple of weeka ago....


I wasnt 100% happy with the axles and the wear on where the axle housing seal runs.....


Looks abit to worn, so I ordered some new axles X Japan, should be here in 2 weeks.......

[hippy_]

What did the new stubs cost you.

$800 odd for the pair.

[suzolla]

Hi,
Forthe axles did you consider using Speedi Sleeves, they are a very thin stainless steel the pushes on over the damage for the seal to run on.
Cheers
Tim

[hippy_]

Yeah I did look into doing that, but as there is a fair amount of wear on the spline end that goes into the diff head. As I am doing all the other bits in the front end, we decided to do it once and do it properly. Once finished it should be good for another 200000 odd kms.

[hippy_]

Anyone got some links on how to rebuild diff heads???

[LOLYF]

http://www.gearinstalls.com/

[hippy_]

Thanks lots of useful info there...... I also found... http://members.cox.net/cglabe1/Diff/diff.html Dont know if its any good???

[hippy_]

Got it all rebuild the other week. All good to go.........

Now just have to save up again for the snorkel and breather tubes for the diffs/lockers. Anyone tell me a good tube to get??

[hippy_]

Found a second hand guard and fitted up the snorkel. Now just the diff breathers and it should be all good to go!!

[williamhamilton]

Found a second hand guard and fitted up the snorkel. Now just the diff breathers and it should be all good to go!!

Looks like an expensive way to wash your vehicle!

W

[hippy_]

Looks like an expensive was to wash your vehicle!

W

Yeah when I want a clean panel, I'll just buy a new one!!!!

[flyingbrick]

very nice truck dude. I love the 80 series.

looks like you are having some real fun with it already! jealous!

[hippy_]

If it arnt dirty or broken, then you are not using right!!

[hippy_]

I now have added a bull bar.......... Removed front and rear bumpers. Nothing much really.

[niblik]

that bottom bar is hell awkward guy.. will hang up on silly things... have you got the ability to get a straight bit of pipe to go across rather than that "L" thingy?

sorta along these lines...

[hippy_]

I know what you mean. The angle of the pictures makes it look worst than it really is.

[hippy_]

Finally got around to getting one of the tow/recovery points sorted on the rear..... Hi-tensile 20mm bolts, with a 10mm plate so it wont pull through the chassis.




That should be good enough for most tow/recovery jobs.

The reason why there is extra length on the bolts is, once I get a better system for towing the trailer, I'll be needing to reuse this mounting point to hold it onto the truck.

[niblik]

good to see ya still doin the little things on her..

in regards to the piece of 10mm plate, you'll want this to encapsulate the entire chassis. ie, have the piece of flat go from the very top of the chassis right to the very bottom. this way, it'll gain a lot of strength from the top and bottom parts of the rail. as you have it, a decent recovery may tweak the rail. granted, it wont bend it immediately, but one day... if you drill the upper holes too, then it can be used for both your intended applications.. please dont think i'm pickin on ya, i'd just hate to see a nice wagon do itself a mischief..

did you ever find some line for ya diff breathers?

[hippy_]

I'll be working on the Track for many weeks/years to come!! Hahaha The list is long, but money is short.

I know what you mean, but as that chassis rail at the back has two different surfaces one flat and one on the angle, I had to cut down the 10mm plate to fit. What I will be doing in time and before I sort out the trailer towing position, is welding a another piece of flat to suit the angle, add some more bolts etc.....

I know you're not picking on me, like most on here, you are just trying to help out. All good dude.

EDIT........ Yeah I have sorted out my diff breathers. I will post up some pictures one day soonish....

I've got to finish off/start my other projects. As well as doing the odd bit here and there to the Truck...........


Rim width to wide......


But looks mint, but I dont want to run flares..... Lots of rethinking to do...

[red-devil]

some how i dont think they will fit on to the 80.

last time i looked there are a 6 stud pattern but then again i may be wrong

to shinny for my liking.