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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:23 pm |
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Hi all.
I've got a set of WT diff and I want to change the spacing to NT. Now i've contacted Fatzook about it but haven't heard anything back. Know he is busy and all so not an issue. Just wanting to know if there is someone/somewhere else that could do this for me. Anywhere in Brisbane is fine.
Cheers Nick
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mrw82

az supporter
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 1350 Location: stuck in a hole. not off road, just deception bay.
Vehicle: snotbox, 84 LWB sierra 1 litre
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm |
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Do you have a new set of perches already?
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:36 pm |
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No not yet as i was going to buy the set of fatzook.
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Joshyboy26
Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:48 pm Posts: 814 Location: kinglake, VIC
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measure the perches width and length and then go and buy some rhs with the same width and twice as long as them. start by cutting the rhs in half so you have two pieces. then with a hole saw that is the same size as the axle tube drill a hole right through the side of the rhs in the centre. then with a grinder or bandsaw or oxy or plasma cut through the middle of the hole. do the same with the other piece now you have 4 new perches if it doesnt make sense.... I cant help you haha
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:02 pm |
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Yeah mate I follow. I've got mor then enough RHS at mine to do it. Just changing them over is the part i'm not particularly keen on doing myself. If it comes down to it I'll bit the bullet and do it myself just seeing what options I had.
Cheers Nick
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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Won't work as the perches need more taken out of one side as they need to sit on the diff pumpkin, much easier just to buy the right ones I reckon, might have to wait 5 months for them though 
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just_cruizin

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Joined: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 2867 Location: here
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:16 pm |
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That's only the drivers front though
_________________ greenzook89 wrote: 31zook wrote: Makes me want something similar
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Joshyboy26
Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:48 pm Posts: 814 Location: kinglake, VIC
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yeah so with a grinder or oxy just notch out the inside of one of the perches.
just measure the centre pin locations that are on your car now and then measure the diff from wms to wms. then get out your calculater do your WMS measurement minus centre pin distance then divide the answer by two. this will be the distance from wms to the centre of each mount. do this for front and rear. ideally mock them up and make sure the measurements work out in real life haha then hot glue them on
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:54 pm |
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Haha yeah waiting 5 months is a bit out of the question. The big push starts next weekend lol. WMS?? What do you mean by that?? I follow the rest pretty much what I was thinking just haven't heard WMS before.
Cheers Nick
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:57 pm |
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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Just cut the NT perches off CAREFULLY and reuse them on the WT diffs... I've done it a few times without dramas and when done looks more original than non Suzuki perches.
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:59 pm |
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Ohh ok I'm with you now lol. Thanks
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 13007 Location: Melbourne
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want33s wrote: Just cut the NT perches off CAREFULLY and reuse them on the WT diffs... I've done it a few times without dramas and when done looks more original than non Suzuki perches. X2 If you aren't bothered about selling the NT housings then cut into the housing to remove the perch so you don't butcher the perch getting it off. Steve.
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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Subject: WT to NT perch HELP Brisbane
want33s wrote: Just cut the NT perches off CAREFULLY and reuse them on the WT diffs... I've done it a few times without dramas and when done looks more original than non Suzuki perches.
I might give this a shot.
Thanks Jaz
Subject: WT to NT perch HELP Brisbane
Gwagensteve wrote: want33s wrote: Just cut the NT perches off CAREFULLY and reuse them on the WT diffs... I've done it a few times without dramas and when done looks more original than non Suzuki perches.
X2
If you aren't bothered about selling the NT housings then cut into the housing to remove the perch so you don't butcher the perch getting it off.
Steve.
The NT axles are 1.0 so I believe they are a narrower housing. Could be wrong though. And I'm selling them anyway.
Thanks though Steve
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mrw82

az supporter
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 1350 Location: stuck in a hole. not off road, just deception bay.
Vehicle: snotbox, 84 LWB sierra 1 litre
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:13 pm |
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Spring perches from a 1 litre diff will still be usable for a WT conversion.
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KEENSY85
Joined: Wed May 09, 2012 12:46 am Posts: 1742 Location: north brisbane
Vehicle: 1985 lwb sierra UTE
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:46 pm |
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Isn't the 1l spacing narrower? Can u flex it up first as is then flex up after the conversion please
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 13007 Location: Melbourne
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:47 pm |
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No 1l is the same spacing as 1.3 NT.
Steve.
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KEENSY85
Joined: Wed May 09, 2012 12:46 am Posts: 1742 Location: north brisbane
Vehicle: 1985 lwb sierra UTE
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:51 pm |
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Thanks good tech Steve:)
Last edited by KEENSY85 on Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:42 am |
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1.3-1.0 is the same spacing I know this for sure. But the 1.0 housing is definatley narrower in Circumference then the 1.3. The mounts maybe usable but would have to be modified severely I'd imagine.
And anyway MRW82 the diffs are for you stop encouraging me to chop them up lol
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mrw82

az supporter
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 1350 Location: stuck in a hole. not off road, just deception bay.
Vehicle: snotbox, 84 LWB sierra 1 litre
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 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:31 am |
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For me! All I was after was a tailshaft. Chop away mate.
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jim_dover

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Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 286 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: '84 LWB 1LTR
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 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:23 pm |
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Nah for "makes" he's dibs motor, gearbox and front/rear diffs.
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