Reply With QuoteHere are the progress images to date.
Master
Thanks for the names of the laser cutters Psimpson7.
Made a start on the RR rear axle striped it all down, will replace all the seals but the bearings are in good shape so i will keep them. Dropped the callipers in to get rebuilt, lucky the pistons still moved in & out. Ordered new brake rotors as they were bad shape.
I kept 300 mm of the axle tube for the moment, i only need enough of the old tube to mount the new shock mounts too, from there it will be 4130 tube. The Chromo is hard to get hold of at the moment, had to get it out of Sydney. Should get the bits back from the laser cutter late next week
Cheers
David
Master
Here are the progress images to date.
Master
Got the re built callipers back from South Coast Brakes all nice and new looking. The pistons were badly scored so new ones were fitted. I'm going to clean up the rotors and get them skimmed. The hub assembly will then be waiting for the 4130 axles to be made.
I'm getting excited
Master
I'm now doing the lay out and drawings for the new nose section on the camper trailer.
All the wheels and tyres on both the tow vehicle and trailer will be identical, do i really need to carry two spares on the camper all the time. I'm trying to find a place that is out of the way in the camper, when we do a large trip i can always put the extra one up on the rack on the camper. This will give me more room for other gear in the nose of the camper.
Would appreciate your thoughts on this one.
Cheers
David
YarnMaster
SupporterDavid,
By two spares on the trailer do you mean then having three spares total for six on the ground?
We drag boats all over the cape and take two spares total that can fit either boat trailer or vehicle.
Your having a bad trip to do three tyres none of which cannot be repaired with plugs or tubes! And if its that bad you could always rockup the trailer grab a wheel for the vehicle ad go for new rubber!
Does this make sense?/?
IMHO
Just have one spare on the vehicle.
One spare on the trailer
carry plugs & tubes then call it good.
S
'95 130 dual cab fender (gone to a better universe)
'10 130 dual cab fender (getting to know it's neurons)
Master
Thanks roverrescue,
Thats all easy for me to understand. We had two spare on board for our last desert trip. One for truck one for trailer is how it will be.
Dropped the cast rear hub assembly to the engineers shop to build the 4130 axles today
Cheers
David
Master
I'm getting really excited now, all the laser cut ribs & brackets are in my hot little hands.
We are starting to assemble this thing Saturday, with axle fabrication next weekend.
Cheers
David
Master
Made good progress on the trailer today, all the bits are welded onto the backbone tube. Axle & suspension next weekend.
Cheers
David
YarnMaster
SupporterLooking good
love the axle stands
Out of interest,
what are the dimensions of the main tube? And if you dont mind the length of the tube from hitch to trailer structure?
Steve
'95 130 dual cab fender (gone to a better universe)
'10 130 dual cab fender (getting to know it's neurons)
Master
That axle stand made the welding a breeze, weld then rotate.
The main tube is 165.2 mm with 5 mm wall thickness.
Hitch to nose of box is 900 mm as per drawing but i can stretch this out to 1200 mm if i feel the need. My idea was to have enough length from the hitch to camper to jack knife the trailer without hitting the rear panels of the truck.
Geeze i'm having fun with this build
Cheers
David
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