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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by mike harris » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:48 pm

Yeh there cool, to valuable for off-roading.

I'm going to do away with my lockers and fit spools front and rear I've decided.

Aim for this truck is relierbilaty, cutting out weak links is what I'm trying to do

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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by robbie1985 » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:01 pm

its crazy to think the yanks made something like 700,000 of them. did mr rover have one at his beach house after the war and used it as the base for the series 1 landy?
it makes sense to if your only gonna use it offroad. how do the spools work? i've heard about them but never come across them

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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by Anton » Sun Nov 15, 2015 1:06 pm

Spools lock the left driveshaft to the right one permanantly, so you don't have a "differential" anymore. Left and right have to turn equally, no matter what.

Utterly terrible for road use, probably even illegal, but utterly superb for drift cars and offroad only vehicles.
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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by mike harris » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:53 am

I want to find a complete spool not a mini spool.

Don't want standard carier I want to upgrade the whole lot.

Want to find one you literally bolt the crown wheel too

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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by ektoz » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:40 pm

i was looking also for that kind of spool, could not find one
http://offroadwarehouse.com/i-10167973- ... inder.html
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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:24 pm

I've never seen one made for a suzuki diff.
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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by mike harris » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:10 pm

I might get two made

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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by Anton » Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:45 pm

mike harris wrote:I might get two made
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You want someone to make you one of these?

I should imagine it wouldn't be difficult if you had the skills and tools - just take a pair of side gears, grind them down and weld them onto a shaft of the right size, then some kind of plate to attach it to the ring gear (vice-versa really, but you know what I mean).

I'm sure Richard could do it, it's just - does the man have the time?

And is all of that going to be worthwhile vs a mini spool?
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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by mike harris » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:39 pm

Anything welded wouldn't be strong enough

Would need to be machined

Il see what's what il low my lockers up then worry about it

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Re: Mikes kja hybrid challenge truck updated 27/08/2015

Post by mike harris » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:40 pm

Bits bolted on

Engines in
Gearbox in
Tbox in
Shocks on
Dash bar and pedals in
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