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SierraDan

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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:39 pm

I was hoping to keep my weed in there.

Milk crate removed under Gwagen's advice.

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jonfromhamilton

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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:42 pm

I bid on some KM2s on ebay and then someone outbid me, i was like "i dont really have the money now anyway"
but after seeing your pic i have to bid again

godsfather

Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:47 am
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Vehicle: 1994 5D Vitara

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:11 pm

i want me one of these please

SierraDan

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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:32 pm

jonfromhamilton wrote:

I bid on some KM2s on ebay and then someone outbid me, i was like "i dont really have the money now anyway"
but after seeing your pic i have to bid again

I'm a fan.

The picture makes them almost look like 12.5's.

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jonno_racing

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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:08 pm

what thickness is th adaptor plate between the housing and spindle?

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:51 pm

Mine are 10mm

Joshyboy26

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Location: kinglake, VIC

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:52 am

Whats your ground clearance to you pumpkin dan?

Without the milk crate

SierraDan

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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:53 am

~280mm @ 20psi.

(Ill get a proper measurement when it's back together)

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:46 pm

I'm 305mm on 35's with air in them. (as in road pressure) so 280 sounds spot on.

Steve.

Joshyboy26

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Location: kinglake, VIC

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:32 pm

Im 255mm with 31s with about 15psi in them. Thats a sierra shaved diff. Not really relevant, was just interested in the clearances

jdk81

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Location: Ballarat, VIC

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:30 pm

Anyone had issues with the axles sliding out and popping the cap on the solid drive flanges?

I noticed I was missing the cap on drive flange (long side axle), axle was protruding out a little.
Luckily it hasn't been dirtied and I have a few spare caps and drive flanges etc.
I loctited this cap on

Last edited by jdk81 on Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

tanshi

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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:37 pm

yep had this issue

we are having drive flanges made with screw on caps

Gwagensteve

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:36 am

I welded caps on mine.

Steve.

SierraDan

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:53 am

Mine don't come off

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:06 pm

Not even when you accidentally hit them with the whipper snipper? Crazy.

SierraDan

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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:20 am

Nup, I've got anti whipper snipper rim guards.

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Blkfxx

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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:17 pm

Any chance you could fix the pics, Steve? Whenever you get time

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henno

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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:55 pm

Blkfxx wrote:

Any chance you could fix the pics, Steve? Whenever you get time

As an interim measure, you can right-click and 'open in new tab' and then refresh and they should load for you.

Blkfxx

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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:53 pm

henno wrote:

Blkfxx wrote:

Any chance you could fix the pics, Steve? Whenever you get time

As an interim measure, you can right-click and 'open in new tab' and then refresh and they should load for you.

Got that to work on 2 or 3 pics, after that it just loaded the 'bandwidth' pic

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:11 pm

It's unlikely I will fix all the links anytime soon, but I am in the process of downloading my photo bucket so I can close my account. I'm not sure what the long term outcome/fix will be.

In the meantime if you want a specific photo I'm happy to email it to you.

Blkfxx

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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:00 pm

I was just looking to use this as a guide in the not too distant future, Got a vitara rear ready and waiting.

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:54 am

I have all the stuff I had on PB across to smugmug now. I can fix/post some photos. I'll work on it next week after work.

Gwagensteve

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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:21 am

Grrr - I thought I did, but for some reason I didn't copy that folder across, so I had to dig through 60K photos from my old computer to find them and upload them to smugmug.

All done now. I'll repopulate the thread during the week.

neofitou

Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 00 Jimny, 63 Haffy

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:14 pm

Don't forget about the floater thread Steve!
I've been sending jimny ppl to read it, but no pics!

Gwagensteve

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Location: Melbourne

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:15 pm

Photos fixed

d.wamsley

Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:00 am
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Location: Central coast nsw
Vehicle: suzuki.sierra.88

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:02 pm

Hi, I’m in the planning stage to make the floater. Are the quoted lengths still relevant? Are the adapter plates still available? What axles are people running now and where to get them ordered?
Cheers

Dmfelix

Joined: Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:02 pm
Posts: 139
Vehicle: Suzuki sierra 1988

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:52 pm

order the plates and axles through add engineering (https://www.facebook.com/addengineeringaustralia)

Richard T

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Vehicle: 1997 Sidekick Sport SV418

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:42 am

This topic will not show when I click on it. it states that I am not authorized to view. Is there another route I can take? Is there a search string that you someone can suggest?

Gwagensteve wrote:

Godsfather, here

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=44954

Gwagensteve

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Location: Melbourne

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:10 pm

The link was to a floater supplier called JML, which was a one man band business that doesn’t trade any more as far as I know.

jonno_racing

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:21 am

FYI my floater is forsale atm

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