Offroad-Express

Well started the weekend fixing the blower unit for the heater. All good . Went down the Waipara today, egged hiriklux on through the river and up a steep loose bank . He made it after a couple of go's. My turn next getting everso closer over the top when BANG I snapped the shaft off the outer cv joint right where the hub fits all over it in the locked position. Damage= outer cv joint of course, knuckle that it all sits in side of, several spacers, bearing locking nut and holding plate, and several parts of the warn freewheeling hub. CV is essentially fixed but I need a hub to put it back into Took me approx two hours just to get the bearing locking nut off the knuckle Few late nites coming up as I am supposed to lead a club trip down the conway this coming weekend.
Albundy

Snap or at least the work done to repair I replaced all the kingpin bearings in the front fiff yestarday. Wow what a job!!

Thankfully I dont have any spare bits from mine, otherwise I would have joined you in the river!

Thanks for the parts SupraLux and you were bang on with your internet diagnosis

well i managed to mow my lawn AND get the 60's rear housing all put together with my locker and new spring perches and bolted into the missile, just have to plumb up the brakes and get the hand brake sorted and thats the rear end done...... then onto the front ...

did i mention i still need a PTO ?....

started exo and blew the motor shit happens
cheers rik

I had a "fun" weekend. Friday: speedo cable and fuel line got caught up in the driveshaft. $20 for new fuel line and cable from up the back. Satuday: first thing I tried was the steps and broke a halfshaft . Rushed home and picked up the spare and had it in within an hour and a half. The breakages must have been signs to start the axle conversion so I bought a cruiser rear from napier and am going to get it shipped down. Will probably have one more play and get into the axle swap

Nothig much.... Nobody saw anything

got all the shocks and airbags done. controls have been ordered, week delivery from the uk
http://community.webshots.com/album/551038209fWYfAR

Went to Minginui. Got the wagons dirty. Drank beer. Told lies. Had fun.

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Cheers
Clint

Came 5th in the Northland Winch Challenge.

Blew a front brake hose trying to winch a tree stump out of the ground in the garden

4WDbits wrote:Came 5th in the Northland Winch Challenge.

Well done Warren, any other results?

Jafa wrote:

4WDbits wrote:Came 5th in the Northland Winch Challenge.

Well done Warren, any other results?

The Zuk Boys

Nigel 7th 1:15:50
Wayne 8th 1:20:32
Stu 9th 1:24:50

Aparently the event suited to big horsepower?? Well thats their excuses and they are sticking to it

Got my carpets wet (quite a feat since the carpets are up so high... water was at the rubbing strip on the door) and almost got stuck for the first time in the process... fully crossed up in pea-shingle in the Waipara... but managed to paddle-steam my way out of trouble... god bless the Simexes

Other than that, bought a Magic Bullet, my versatile personal countertop magician... in just one... two... three seconds I had my very own quick and easy meal... I'm a sucker for infomercials

Steve

Dumped my Discovery Body at scrap metal dealer - funny, the excavator just picked it up off the trailer and literally flung it into the heap of other rusting wrecks
Then find the rolling chassis is too long for my zuk trailer, grrrr, another week it will sit in mates garage

Aparently the event suited to big horsepower?? Well thats their excuses and they are sticking to it

Don't know about the big horsepower bit, we run a standard Nissan 4 litre 6 cylinder carb petrol motor.

1: Dave in Fluffee
2: Aaron and Mitch
3: Darin Neeley
4: Joe Kessler
5: Keri in 4WDbits
6: Kevin and Troy
7: nigel Reid
8: Wayne Lovejoy
9: Stuart Good in Project Tinfoil (4x4 Action Mag)
10: Steve McConnell
11: Steve Reed
12: Tony White in Shermin (big horsepower)
13: Justin Wynyard
14: B Konz
15: Nathan Hill (16 year old and youngest entrant)
16: Darin Bell

well i dought it was big horse power cos darren bells tvr turns on more than any of those shown

and good stuff warren :thumright:

krawlr wrote:well i dought it was big horse power cos darren bells tvr turns on more than any of those shown

He might have done a little better if he had finished more than two stages.... Still at least the wheels stayed on this time

Lots of open farmland with very boggy ground, and quite a few climbs. Lots o horsepower made quite a difference, look at the results:

1. Lexus V8
2. BIG Turbo diesel Nissan
3. Turbo diesel Nissan
4. Cruiser V8
5. 4L petrol Nissan
6. non turbo diesel Nissan
7. 1600 zuk
8. 1600 zuk
9. 1300 zuk

All the others had problems that resulted in DNF's

Thats our excuse for coming 7th anyway... well, that and we rolled. Would have come 3rd if we'd stayed on our wheels :\

Ben

It was meant to be a bit of a joke - hence the smiley face at the end of the comment, not stating a fact or anything

Anyway........ congrats on all the ORE member placings

lilpigzuk wrote:It was meant to be a bit of a joke - hence the smiley face at the end of the comment, not stating a fact or anything

Anyway........ congrats on all the ORE member placings

I'm a bit out of the loop with who's in these competitions from ORE, can someone say who and what from ORE these places were, if any? would be cool to know

Mike

All the others had problems that resulted in DNF's

We DNF'ed our first stage on Saturday, broken rope etc etc. Really happy with 5th

Aaron and Mitch (GQTROL) 2nd
Keri and Warren (4WDbits) 5th

Not sure about others.