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« Reply #3285 on: June 21, 2011, 11:59:25 PM » |
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« Reply #3286 on: June 23, 2011, 03:11:47 PM » |
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Loony's got a complete Reliant at the workshop so I'll have a squint underneath it tomorrow, but I think I'd rather move the shocks -fix the problem rather than cure the symptoms.
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« Reply #3287 on: June 23, 2011, 08:13:31 PM » |
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Loony's got a complete Reliant at the workshop so I'll have a squint underneath it tomorrow, but I think I'd rather move the shocks -fix the problem rather than cure the symptoms.
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« Reply #3288 on: June 23, 2011, 08:37:30 PM » |
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« Reply #3289 on: June 23, 2011, 08:43:05 PM » |
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Fair enough. Good it didn't turn into a nightmare we've broken the truck job.
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« Reply #3290 on: June 23, 2011, 10:46:25 PM » |
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It's a nightmare! We've broken the truck!!  ....oh sorry. My mistake -we've fixed the truck!  I've been looking at the Pop's bum for a couple of days & finally decided I wasn't happy just trying to cure a problem we'd built into the design. I'd rather fix the original fault. Once Kapri had pointed out the shocks were mounted too far inboard, (too close to the centre line of the chassis), it was obvious. The truck sagged to one side when we sat in the driver's seat because the shocks couldn't work effectively that far in from the edge of the vehicle. Answer- move them further out. Before: |
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« Reply #3291 on: June 23, 2011, 10:52:12 PM » |
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Today was my day off & I figured we could cut the old shock mounts off, adapt them & refit them in a day. So, after a bit of a lie-in, (I get up real early the rest of the week so tend to oversleep when I get the chance), & a 40 mile commute from home to Loony's workshop, we made a start around lunchtime.
First I jacked up the truck & supported it on axle stands, then Loony & I lifted off the pick-up bed, so I could remove the coil over shock absorbers. Then I cut the top mounts off each end of the chassis cross member.
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« Reply #3292 on: June 23, 2011, 10:55:27 PM » |
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Mr Lunatic welded blanking plates over the ends of the cut off sections &, after some measuring up, we re-attached them to the outside of the chassis rails.
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« Reply #3293 on: June 23, 2011, 10:57:01 PM » |
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We had just enough chassis box section steel left to cut 2 lengths, to replace the sections we'd cut out.
Before welding in the left hand end, I notched it to allow the fuel line to pass underneath to the tank which mounts under the back of the chassis. The large box hung between the cross members is for the battery by the way.
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« Reply #3294 on: June 23, 2011, 11:05:03 PM » |
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With the top mounts sorted, I set about chopping the bottom ones off the axle. Not an easy job, laying under the truck getting showered with sparks & dust, cutting through the welds around the axle tube & trying to save as much of the mounts as possible.
Trimmed down a little & cleaned up, they were then welded back on in their new positions.
A few hours work & we've moved the shocks outboard by about 6 inches either side. We've also managed to do it without it looking like a bodge -they look like they were always designed to be there.
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« Reply #3295 on: June 23, 2011, 11:09:55 PM » |
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With everything welded in place, we jumped in the cab -hurrah! No more suspension sagging. We've got proper shock absorber travel now & everything seems to be working as it should. I know it's a day out of our schedule, but I think it was worth doing. Much happier with it now.
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« Reply #3296 on: June 23, 2011, 11:10:37 PM » |
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« Reply #3297 on: June 23, 2011, 11:13:51 PM » |
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thats ,,sort out rear suspension,,, ticked of the list then  |
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« Reply #3298 on: June 23, 2011, 11:14:59 PM » |
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Erm, wasn't on our list Mike. Loony, the welding wizard, at work. Tomorrow I'll drop the axle out again & clean up the old mounting points, then re-route the brake pipes. I also want to beef up the rear mudguard mounts while I'm at it. The exhaust tail pipes will need shortening too, to clear the repositioned springs. |
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« Reply #3299 on: June 23, 2011, 11:22:12 PM » |
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The pick-up bed dropped back in place & the truck rolled outside for a bit of looking at before we packed up for the day.
The coil over shocks show a bit more underneath the wheel arches now, but I quite like it like that.
It's riding a bit high at the back at the moment, because we wound the suspension up last week to try & cure the body droop. Now we can wind the springs back down again, but it's got proper travel at each corner at last.
Not a bad day's work.
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