[Baja Burley]

Most of you have helped me out gettin the truck this far along so i might as well show you what it looks like!!

towing a mate out

believe it or not i actually drove into and out of this without a scratch!! just had 2 guys on the rear bar with a strap holding me down..

these next few are of the disaster that occurred during yesterdays run.. i snapped a spring which then pushed the WHOLE front axle backwards which pushed THE ENGINE AND TRANNY BACKWARDS. both mounts on the engine and both mounts on the gearbox are sheared off. so pretty much have a full floating driveline!!

this is how far the driveline had moved backwards of the body!! that lever is in 2WD

hope you all like the truck, i will get some photos of my suspension setup in the back too which is fairly different to anything ive ever seen before

 

[Baja Burley]

found this one of the back. cant see much but you get that dont ya

cheers
Luke

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

far out mate, i havetaken my bus in some sily spots and have neve busted springs.

just smashed every window on the left, lost an axle, done a cv, smashed a door and a gaurd when some moron hit me, and the spring hanger tore off. and thats it not smashing springs lol

 

[LordBug]

Now I can understand why you've got so many threads & posts about bits breaking and having problems.
Mad props for driving her hard! Won't see that happening much with the modern plastic wonders.

 

[OutbackMK]

Looks like you have some work to do, please fix it don't let it become another donor vehicle there are few enough MQ shorty's in the world as it is!

 

[MQ MAD]

Seems you like driving for one day and fixing for 6 days !!!

 

[chuckles]

Where was my invite ya bludger! Nice pics, I wanna see the hole in the fire wall from the accelerator!

 

[OILRIG]

did you try and drive over a big log at speed or something

 

[Baja Burley]

Haha didn't think you'd bring ya family wagon out for a blat brad. truck is a bit different to when you saw it last aye?

Seems im getting so good at fixing it i might as well keep breaking it so i don't lose my touch

while ive got it apart im going to reverse the shackles to stop this spring bending problem i have.. so far i have bent 4 front leaf packs and snapped 2. thats like $700 in leaves in 6 months. HOW REDICULOUS:angryfir:

 

[seehuusen]

FARK! you must be floggin' the SHEET out of it...

 

[GQ TANK]

Is the suspension standard?

I have not seen any other treads re the problems you are having with the springs

Other then guys hitting something

 

[charo249]

I have broken a front leaf in the same spot before - realized straight away what I had done so stopped and held axle in right position with a combination of a strap and the winch (to stop axle moving back and forwards) and reverted to 2wd, which meant I didn't cause damage to my drive train like you have

 

[OILRIG]

iv bent and snapped mine also

 

[Baja Burley]

they are 2in lifted EFS springs. so i thought they were the best quality going around.

i called carrols today regarding a custom pack set to whatever design i choose and they will do it for $120 a side... so instead of putting flat hilux springs in the front (see one of screwy's threads) i can send in a drawing for say, a really soft 4in lifted spring and they will make it for me

 

[simonc3]

Is that supplying your old springs? $120 ant bad!

 

[neRok]

$120 a side (ie 2 packs) or a corner?

 

[Baja Burley]

120 for ONE CORNER. ie. right hand front leaf pack for $120. they look after me there because im such a regular! thats keeping the pack i have... you should see the collection of leafs in my shed atm.

was doing some digging on tierod flip and single high steer draglink today... looks credible. one thing i couldnt find; do they make a tapered drill bit to suit the mq taper? i will do some chasing around tomorrow to see if i can find one.

also, why was there such a fuss about buying NEW tierod ends when doing the single drag link? i have 2 perfectly good tierod ends here on the end of my very bent tierod i pulled out..

one final thing.. does anyone know the thread on the tierod ends?? im planing on machining up my own setup...

 

[seehuusen]

I think it's Dattopimps writeup you're after

http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/nissan-patrol-mq-mk-12/single-piece-drag-link-46749/

 

[neRok]

i purchased a steering box and custom pitman arm of WICKED, its just a pitman thats been cut out of chunky plate, with the taper from the bottom. its a pretty good solution for using stock parts imo.

but im thinking of ditching the stock gear before ive even used it, ive looked into the system that RMP&O once recommended, this looks very good, its higher steer and looks much better imo, will help reduce bump steer too. Genuine Bullet Proof Tie Rod Over Knuckle Options

 

[Baja Burley]

YER I HAD A LOOK THROUGH DATTOPIMPS PAGE AND SPARKED A FEW IDEAS BUT I THINK IT WAS ONE OF NEROKS PAGES IN WHICH I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN LAST COMMENT...

WILL LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOO WHILE IVE GOT EVERYTHING APART...

I FOUND A JOINT THAT DOES HEIM JOINTS FOR $30 ODD SO I MIGHT STOCK UP ON A COUPLE OF THEM AND MAKE UP SOMETHING AMAZING!!