Thread: Mitsubishi Broken Chassis

Originally Posted by TimNZ

Are there not legal issues with strengthening a chassis?

Not of done properly and engineer certified

Ive abused plenty of vehicles without failures.repaired loads of these for other people.

recently the rta organised a educational chat for the depo workers----weights/measures and road rules.
what realy happened was they had seen our new trucks and knew there was no way that these are legal.they could have sat on the road and handed out fines.---the same thing i see on the pacific hyway every day.
one neighbour recieved a $1800 fine for loading a tractor in a tipper to go between farms.it would have cheeper to drive the tractor on the road.

cracked chasis and suspension mounts common as.
heard lots of stories of rodeo being tempory braced to get them home.
but mostly from farmers towing grain silos and irrigation around uneven ground.i seen some shocker towbars with chain and reinforcments added.

even my 1600 KG tow bar fitted falcon wagon handled a 3 ton trailer--for 6 months.

our fire vehicles do very little work and you have to carefully inspect these for cracks.we have near 20yr olds with 20 000KM and most have had crossmember replacments.these operate at near 90% of GVM.
new trucks we now have second chasis to spread the loads.and a please dont drive off road.

Originally Posted by Sprint

it still raises the question of why the manufacturer should do anything if someone modifies it with aftermarket accessories

Well if you purchased accessories from a supplier and they failed in themselves then you'd approach the seller/fitter about the issue. In this case the dealer purchased the accessories and fitted them so the issue passes from the supplier (except if the part itself is an issue) to the dealer as the vehicle purchaser has paid the dealer for the vehicle, with dealer supplied & fitted accessories.

Originally Posted by ozscott

Ron,

I have seen that Mitsu photo before. But I have never seen a disco chassis brake....under what conditions have you seen it, what year was it, and was it rusty

Cheers

PS. There is no comparison between a disco chassis and a Triton which is why im thinking that the Disco must have had something seriously wrong with it (like a previous dodgy cut and shut!)

Ron...I am totally supprised you did not comment. So I'm sorry..I'm sorry but I could not help myself but.......I have seen heaps of Disco's brake..

Originally Posted by bob10

Just a thought, when people load up their vehicles for a trip, does anyone weigh the vehicle to check they are not over weight? Bob

I have done so recently. Wanted to know what weight was sitting over F and R diffs as well. I might be at GVM, but it's even at least.

the wife reminded me of the ads for these vehicles flogging the fact they can tow 3.5 tonnes, i dont think i would like to tow any where near that amount in weight with these vehicles after seeing this, unless i wanted a banana
the ads used to make me laugh at the 3.5 tonne tow, when land rovers have been able to tow 4 tonne for years

Originally Posted by ozscott

Ron,

I have seen that Mitsu photo before. But I have never seen a disco chassis brake....under what conditions have you seen it, what year was it, and was it rusty

Cheers

PS. There is no comparison between a disco chassis and a Triton which is why im thinking that the Disco must have had something seriously wrong with it (like a previous dodgy cut and shut!)

I have also seen many post 1985 110 and RRC chassis' warped through normal offroading. (I had to wait 4 months for the machine in the panel shop to be free for my car then another 4 weeks on the machine in panel shop getting straightened, then another 2 whilst it was saddled and engineered)

Originally Posted by bigcarle

the wife reminded me of the ads for these vehicles flogging the fact they can tow 3.5 tonnes, i dont think i would like to tow any where near that amount in weight with these vehicles after seeing this, unless i wanted a banana
the ads used to make me laugh at the 3.5 tonne tow, when land rovers have been able to tow 4 tonne for years

A Tdi/Td5/3.9 V8 towing 4 tonne?



That's a good one!

Legally yes, but at 30km/h up hill, low range full throttle on an interstate 110 zone highway??

I'll stick to a straight six Jap turbodiesel thanks