Thread: Write off ????

I bought this one by error, but my mechanic finally made it works. They come from the rear till just before the shock absorber...

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Originally Posted by CraigE

True.
But if you dont and have an accident and they discover it has had repairs you wont be insured.

Only if the defect repair caused/contributed to the accident

Mine is a 130 withthe bend before the sockies coming from the front to the back.

Staying in a caravan park (of sorts) in Broome and there are a few people offering advice. One bloke suggests that the fact that I have airbags fitted caused the chassis to bend and crack. His rationale is that an airbag is pushing against the chassis. My thought is that so is the spring and in the case of coil sprung vehicles an airbag installed inside a coil spring would be no different to a stiffer spring??

Am waiting on advice from the panel beater as to whether they can do repairs. They have no chassis straightening gearr available here in Broome, so they say.

Depends perhaps where you are going from Broome. If staying on bitumen to say Perth, get it welded up so it's safe and worry about engineers reports etc. for now.
Once you hit civilisation ( ) you can worry about chassis straitening etc.

G'day All

Travelling bacj to Darwin with a temp repair done to the chassis. Got almost to Timber Creek and whilst coming out of a prospective campsite, BANG, and a terrible rattel in the transferr case.

Truck wouldn't drive. I engaged the CDL and crawled into Timber Creek.

With the CDL disengaged and spinin the front driveshaft the TC is very rattly and notchy.

This holiday is going from bad to worse. Looks like a truck ride to get the truck somwhere to get fixed.

Originally Posted by CraigE

they do chassis repairs (getting rarer as most are now considered write offs) and they actually certify any chassis repairs themselves.

That's what I would have thought too. That is what happens here. The panel beaters who are trained have the right qual's and it's not like you have to have the welds x-rayed or whatever.

Originally Posted by hagus

Staying in a caravan park (of sorts) in Broome and there are a few people offering advice. One bloke suggests that the fact that I have airbags fitted caused the chassis to bend and crack. His rationale is that an airbag is pushing against the chassis. My thought is that so is the spring and in the case of coil sprung vehicles an airbag installed inside a coil spring would be no different to a stiffer spring??

haha and was he holding a beer can? And which number was that one? :P

Originally Posted by hagus

Travelling bacj to Darwin with a temp repair done to the chassis. Got almost to Timber Creek and whilst coming out of a prospective campsite, BANG, and a terrible rattel in the transferr case.

Truck wouldn't drive. I engaged the CDL and crawled into Timber Creek.

With the CDL disengaged and spinin the front driveshaft the TC is very rattly and notchy.(

Hmm. Sorry to hear that

Well we are now in Katherine with the 130 on the way to Darwin on the back of a truck.

Im thinking that the bent chassis may have contributed to the demise of the transfer case. I sowed that seed in the mind of the assessor and he seemed to think it possible.

Have to say I am happy with NRMA roadside assist. I have been a member for 25 years and only used them once before. They picked up the bill for the tilt tray from Timber Creek to Katherine. I am looking at heading to Darwin and flying home to Gove. The holidayis well and truly over.

Does anyone have some advice on what to do with the TC. If it is to be rebuilt what are the options?

Just sitting back and having another cold one and telling myself that it's alright, this is the first time we have had a major problem in a lot of remote travel.

Cheers