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Lockie666

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:02 pm

Just drove home tonight to realise the rear radius arm on my coily has broken, almost leaving my car... Rear diffless

I gather I'm going to need to weld this up with a FEW thick WASHERS... Any idea on how I can prevent this from happening again?

Pics to follow.

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Lockie666

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:08 pm

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:41 pm

Ave a look in ere

http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... ic&t=10472

Coily driver :roll:

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Fatzook

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:03 pm

You are in perth, so I can't help with the work, but I am getting some beefed up mounts cut at the moment to counter this exact issue. First set goes to jonno_racing, but I ordered a few sets, as this seems to be a common issue with the coilies.

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jonno_racing

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:45 pm

Fatzook wrote:

i have done 2 trips now with mine like this..
it likes lifting wheels! and drives like a pig!

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Trojan

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:18 pm

Fatzook wrote:

Are you going to front and rear? If so, it might be worth looking at making them with additional mounting holes (front holes on the front, rear holes on the rear) which are lower. This will allow the housing to rotate, correcting castor on the front and pinion flange angles on both diffs.

In the thread linked above you can see how my rear has been done, the front is done the same.

You can't go to crazy with the front though. The reason being, the more you rotate the housing, the closer the tie rod gets to the radius arms. Can be all fine when the wheels are poiting straight ahead, but when turning, the tie rod moves up and down slightly, and with the radius arms moving about during suspension moving, they can both come into contact with each other.

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:06 am

whoa chris - that sucks man! Brian at suzistore is open till 12 today... im sure he wouldnt mind welding it and putting a bit of plate over the top to beef it for now. maybe call and ask: 9250 4650

how did it feel when it let go? must have been scary!

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:27 am

mounts broke........not the arm.

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jonno_racing

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:16 am

joeblow wrote:

mounts broke........not the arm.

your powers of observation amaze me

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ZookiMonsta

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:29 am

When mine broke it got the much torque flex it would wheel stand. :twisted:

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