Thread: Scorpion racing

Originally Posted by Bush65

Radius arms attach to the axle housing with 2 bolts to prevent the housing from rotating.

When the axle articulates, the radius arm on one side will be up and the other will be down. The difference in the angle (from one side to the other), tries to twist the axle housing, making it work like a large sway bay and restricting articulation.

By removing the front bolt on one side, the axle is freed up for articulation.

The downside is that during heavy braking, only the radius arm that has both bolts can resist the rotation of the axle. This will increase the load on the bolts and the rubber bushes on that side radius arm.

I did a trip today that involved about 2 hrs total on main roads and there were no significant issues, but I wouldn't want to run like this for an extended period.

Off road is great, so a quick detachment pin will be good for mixed on/off road. For extended on road, the bolt will go back in.

Sounds like a good mod there john il have a go at this myself

That mod would be illegal for Road use??? it would have to. the Strength in the arm has gone, even with the 2 bolts in.
Can anyone tell me otherwise.

Steve

Originally Posted by sclarke

That mod would be illegal for Road use??? it would have to. the Strength in the arm has gone, even with the 2 bolts in.
Can anyone tell me otherwise.

Steve

Agree would not like to drive a truck with it on. but this was on the Scrap iron stand and they were trying to sell them but alot of people thoguht the same

Seriously mate...

I'm fed up with hearing your "Scrap Iron" line....

They are no better or worse than Bearmach, BritPart, or any other company....

All of them have a version of Equip products (barwork etc..)

IF... The product was as bad as stated they would be Out of Business by now... Simple....

All they are guilty of is making parts cheaper... For the public....

And the only issue I have heard was problems with coils sagging over time....

Seems that that was common from some Oz sources too IIRC....

You come over as a bitter, bitter person...

Is your view based on your own personal USE and ownership?
Or is this a mate, of a mates, wifes, brother in law.... Story?

Originally Posted by tombraider

Seriously mate...

I'm fed up with hearing your "Scrap Iron" line....

They are no better or worse than Bearmach, BritPart, or any other company....

All of them have a version of Equip products (barwork etc..)

IF... The product was as bad as stated they would be Out of Business by now... Simple....

All they are guilty of is making parts cheaper... For the public....

And the only issue I have heard was problems with coils sagging over time....

Seems that that was common from some Oz sources too IIRC....

You come over as a bitter, bitter person...

Is your view based on your own personal USE and ownership?
Or is this a mate, of a mates, wifes, brother in law.... Story?

LMFAO

Originally Posted by tombraider

Seriously mate...

I'm fed up with hearing your "Scrap Iron" line....

They are no better or worse than Bearmach, BritPart, or any other company....

All of them have a version of Equip products (barwork etc..)

IF... The product was as bad as stated they would be Out of Business by now... Simple....

All they are guilty of is making parts cheaper... For the public....

And the only issue I have heard was problems with coils sagging over time....

Seems that that was common from some Oz sources too IIRC....

You come over as a bitter, bitter person...

Is your view based on your own personal USE and ownership?
Or is this a mate, of a mates, wifes, brother in law.... Story?

The based is on my own experiance with serveral of their items including springs sagging , and on their customer service (or lack off), and my brothers. I may be a bit bitter personally as they don't want to know when the springs are nackered and sagging after just 2000K's of road use (and 4 rear shocks broke in that time too). And they won't do anything, but i am not the only one or the first that this has happen to
I took a +2" lift 2000Ks rear scorpion spring off the 90 and put new +2" OME on and the car went up 5" . mmmmm. And colin at Scorpion told me it was because of the simex tyres i had on the 90 and not the coils. So an unsprung weight caused the coils to saged after i told him that was the tyres i had on the truck when i ordered them

But it is not just mine but seeing most of thier parts fail at event for which they are designed for . The most common is the rear radius arms (the bent ones) coming apart at the axel end due to poor welding and lack of weld
I also ran a Land Rover Club in the Uk for 10 years. This involed organiseing site days where you had to marshall and recover people from all sorts of problems. This is when i have seen personally most of the problems with their stuff. Yeah it was in off road situations but these are what these bits are sold for

Fine making stuff cheaper but i surpose you get what you pay for and this is defiantely the case here

As for Britpart and bearmach. Well Beahmach surpension was Procomp but they are now using an Aus manfacture to make their stuff.

Go to most UK forums and ask what they think and you will get the same answer. Fine for the supermarket off roader but if you want to use the truck . Their stuff is just not up to it
I would never ever drive a truck scorpion stuff along a corrigated track here. It would just not hold up to the conditions


Funny really it is a sort of grass is always greener thing. In the Uk the OME is seen as the mutts nuts and used by most of the hardcore off roaders and is seen as the best (by far) surpension for the land rover
Where as here they are not seen as anything speaical and you lot want stuff from the UK, which we all think is crap compaired to what is here in Aus

meow

Originally Posted by sclarke

and i dont drive that hard.....