Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by Bulletman

My next job is rear upper and lower arms, fronts and air struts have all been done along with wheel bearings as well.

Does the rear need to have a wheel alignment when arms have been changed?

Cheers Bulletman

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Yea, because the upper hub to arm bolt is on a eccentric for rear camber adjustment, plus all previous settings would have all been based on old worn bushes.

There's a spiffy new machine in Winnellie that's doing mine on Wednesday.

Originally Posted by Bulletman

My next job is rear upper and lower arms, fronts and air struts have all been done along with wheel bearings as well.

Does the rear need to have a wheel alignment when arms have been changed?

Cheers Bulletman

Arms are easy, the bearings are a pita. Good luck torqueing the front upper bolts on the rear arm to spec. It's a 21mm hex head bolt with no room next to the body mount. The nut is a caged one. All I could do is a 21mm spanner daisy chained to a 24mm one and push push push. Needs to get to 175Nm. Needs a 21mm crows foot tbh.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Arms are easy, the bearings are a pita. Good luck torqueing the front upper bolts on the rear arm to spec. It's a 21mm hex head bolt with no room next to the body mount. The nut is a caged one. All I could do is a 21mm spanner daisy chained to a 24mm one and push push push. Needs to get to 175Nm. Needs a 21mm crows foot tbh.

Ok thanks for the heads up, I had both rear bearings done 30,000ks ago so intend to leave them. I have a few sets of crows foot spanners so hopefully I have a 21mm.

Cheers Bulletman

Made up some brackets to mount my 42" light bar to the rhino pioneer tray, paint is drying then back onto the rack.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I would have expected a better figure, i can get down to 8.2 on the lie o meter on my non remapped D3.

Perth to Bunbury :
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After an extra couple of hundred k's pootling around the South West :
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Bog stock manual D3.
I reckon it's out by about 2l/100 as the best I usually get in the country at the bowser is about 9-9.5l/100.

What average speed???

Originally Posted by Tombie

What average speed???

100. Consumption increases exponentially from there.
That first 200ks was on the flat, in a straight line, no wind, cruise control on 100 and no traffic. Not exactly typical conditions

Originally Posted by BradC

Perth to Bunbury :
IMG_1894.jpg
After an extra couple of hundred k's pootling around the South West :
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Bog stock manual D3.
I reckon it's out by about 2l/100 as the best I usually get in the country at the bowser is about 9-9.5l/100.

Had 8's on the dash lie meter on mine a few times.

I calculated it out a couple of times and it worked out in the 11's.