Thread: Ikea 6X6D - anyone have an allen key?

Hi Ben

Yes the plan, as we discussed ages ago, is along those lines. I would like bags on all 6 wheels, just so I can get it into the garage and have highway and off road heights so which controller to use is an issue.

Won't be cross linking, but will join the two bags per side at the rear together with large bore tubes to reduce resistance and improved air flow between the two bags and to enhance load sharing.

Still not decided about having lock outs controlled by centrally located solenoids or gates as this will reduce flow and induce an element of lag (wont it?).

Progressing slowly with IKEA, over the weekend I was attempting to solve the problems caused by converting the rear drum to disk brakes. Just to summarise the situation.

Original specs:
Defender narrow bearing spacing drum brake hubs, Defender FRC8540 narrow wheel bearing spacing stub axles, FRC8506 30mm spline drive flange. (fitting Defender front hubs or Disco hubs will narrow track by 20mm)

Modified specs:
Disco 1 hubs, Defender FRC1740 narrow wheel bearing spacing stub axles (10mm offset to FRC8540) track now correct front/intermediate axle.

The problem is that by pushing the hub out 10mm the FRC8506 drive flanges sit outside the axle. HTE-859 (late Defender RRc/Disco) 25mm spline flanges are 5mm too short for the halfshaft splines, so to avoid having to replace the halfshafts we are going to modify the (35mm spline) HTE-859X by machining out 5mm of the spline forming a circlip recess and machining down the outside of the hub with 5mm more thread for the cap.

Just following up on the above.

I purchased 4 of the HTE 859 X flanges and machined 5mm off the (35mm) outer face making a 30mm spine remaining and extended the screw thread for the cap down by 5mm and everything fits up exactly as they're supposed to.

This means that I can use the standard County/early Defender halfshafts with 30mm spline I already have (or the HTE/MaxiDrive equivalent) merely for the cost of the replacement drive flanges from HTE. Barry W from HTE has been notified of the results, so perhaps he could be encouraged to make the flanges to order, instead of having to machine them down after purchase.

As the hubs are now oil floating, I'm going to retrofit the earlier rear hub oil seal type instead of the type for the grease packed hubs.

Did you know that Ikea has an older brother?

How is Ikea going, anyway?

Actually that is a narrow track civilian version of the Perentie 6x6. Quite a few of them about. Brian B (B52 on REMLR) has one in WA.

I do however know that Ikea has two brothers in Australia, one (a younger version) came in on the same import paperwork as Ikea. I don't think that either of them have been converted to 4BD1-T.

Regarding Ikea, am still waiting for an Isuzu MSA/MXA conversion kit for the gearbox. But looks like that option, or at least the adaptor shaft, is close

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Actually that is a narrow track civilian version of the Perentie 6x6. Quite a few of them about. Brian B (B52 on REMLR) has one in WA.

I take it you didn't get to the driveline photos?

Originally Posted by Dervish

I take it you didn't get to the driveline photos?

No originally I only got blank page for the images, network traffic here where I am.

However that vehicle despite being coil sprung with a through drive is different to Ikea.
Ikea is 110 wheelbase between the front and intermediate axles (front of wheel sits almost under the dual cab, just like a 110 wagon), that vehicle is at least 130.
The through drive is different and appears to be driving off a second rear pinion where Ikea has parrallel shaft to the RHS of the diff body.

Ikea's diff.


130 6x6 on Carsales

Note: The hat on the rear of Ikea's is bolted on where Carsales is a welded-on hat.

At best that 6x6 is a 1st cousin.

I'm back to working on Ikea.

The mid axle has been installed fitted with disk brakes donored off a 6x6 perentie axle.

The current issue is mating the dual cab from a 130 to what is effectively a 110 chassis. Have removed the 130 B pillars and door sills and am now installing the B pillars donored off a 110 county. My problem is that there are some fit issues, mainly that the DC cab roof seems to be about 10 mm rearward of the top of the B pillar.

Could people with 110 wagons take some pictures for me?

What I'm interested in is:

1. the spacers/washers if any between the chassis and the base of the firewall where the long bolt goes through?
2. are there chassis mounts under the rear passenger floor connected to the rear door sill or only to the panel that supports the rear of the seat box (and B pillar)
3. what are the connections between chassis and the rear of the sill and rear door frame?

Any pictures will be appreciated.