Thread: SOLD THE 110 & HEADING INTO IVECO TERRITORY

Originally Posted by incisor

done

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/iveco/

Originally Posted by goingbush

... If iveco fix it under warranty with standard India Rubber the same thing will happen down the track. I'd rather do it so that it works . ...

Most rubber these days is synthetic. I doubt Iveco would use natural (India) rubber in those bushes.

I would get them to replace them under warranty. The more they replace, the more management will know there is a problem.

p.s. I know an R&D Engineer at IVECO Europe, but I think he only works on the larger stuff.

Originally Posted by Sitec

Hi Deano. How do you find the 305/70 R19.5's generally? I am running a 101 with a Cummins in it, and the Michelin 255/100 R16's Im running are often well above their max speed rating of 100kph. The 16" rims also don't afford enough room for large brake upgrades.. So I'm looking at finding some 19.5's and would be interested in your feedback. Cheers.

Where do I start, without hijacking this thread too much .

Firstly , a quick look and the 255/100R16 casings I have are K rated so that's 110 Km/hr which for me (and a poor old 110 HP Perkins) with a GVM of around 4 1/2 to 5 tonne is generally more than enough.

For me the 19.5's have been great but they only come in a 70 profile, so to get any side wall you need a minimum of 285's which is OEM on later OKA's and legal on the OKA's 7 1/2" rims. I've run two sets of 305's, one Bridgestone and one Michelin XZE and they've been great. The 305's are supposed to be mounted on 8" rims but I've (and others) have had no problem at all running them on 7.5's. This is probably because they're run at nowhere near their load rating of 147 (3075Kg). On the CSR I ran the Bridgestones at 22/24 psi without a hitch. In the Great Sandy Desert I ran the Michelins at 24/26 (from memory) but carried more weight on a firmer (generally) surface.

The Michelins are excellent and come in XDE (block pattern) and XZE (steer pattern) but are expensive at around $800+. Hankook make a XDE clone for under $500 incl. GST. and are good value especially if buying 4 or 6 of them.

The biggest negative is weight. With my old (very) HD rims and Bridgestone 305's they weighed in at 86 Kg per wheel. When I replaced these with 315/75 R16 Hankook MT's on alloys they weighed in at exactly half the weight for a total saving of over 250 Kg for six wheels. VERY significant.

Note. The Oka has the same PCD (165.1mm) as the Land Rover but 8 stud not 5.

For my money and for general purpose use I reckon these 315/75 R16 Hankooks at around $320 each and a rating of 127Q are pretty good value. There are plenty of others out there but watch the load rating.

Or if you really want to go the whole hog.



How about these 325/85 R16 Michelins.
This 200+ HP OKA has a relatively mild 20 psi turbo on a similar 6BT Cummins as Sitecs.

But regardless of which way you go, some things never change.



Note, the OKA owner (not me) is doing a stirlng job of holding the spare down so it wont roll away.



Deano.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Most rubber these days is synthetic. I doubt Iveco would use natural (India) rubber in those bushes.

I would get them to replace them under warranty. The more they replace, the more management will know there is a problem.

It was tongue in cheek, The truck has done 45,000km , they may as well have been India Rubber. and from what Ive found Iveco do not swap information between dealers, each time I go with a known fault , they seem to be Agog and 'thats very unusual - never hear of that happening before"

Each time Ive been to a dealer they have forgotten something or stuffed something up - I don't want those knuckleheads buggering up my transferase, I'll do the job my way & I'll know its done right.

Don't want to put prospective buyers off but I'll start posting about their stuff ups publicly in the Iveco section soon, as they won't answer either of the complaints I've lodged so far. Management don't seem to give a rats arse about private owners / Individual customers !

Originally Posted by goingbush

... and from what Ive found Iveco do not swap information between dealers, each time I go with a known fault , they seem to be Agog and 'thats very unusual - never hear of that happening before"
...

Yes but they still need to put the warranty claim in if they want to get paid for the job. It is from this paperwork that the engineers would analyse failure rates of components.

Originally Posted by incisor

i'll giveyou a whole sub section if you'll use it

Thanks Inc, but I reckon as I'm the only one here with an OKA it's not really justified.

With a different sub section classification, ie ditching the European sub classification and going with say 4WD 'trucks' for example, it might give more 'critical mass' to the sub-section. So whether Unimog, OKA, Iveco or whatever it may stand a better chance of being successful.

Deano

will ponder this...

Originally Posted by goingbush

trying to get a 65kg tyre/ wheel combo into position is not fun,

I understand completely. It's bad enough with an RR wheel/tyre. A while back I bought one of these from Repco but they aren't rated for your wheels/tyres!

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