Thread: Independent Suspension Design

Those are two awesome pics David,,
Its great to see someone "build a dream"

it looks strong as!

Great looking trailer, nice design that is unique and unusual while still being practical.

If it is not too much bother, could you detail how you built the stub axles? I gather from reading earlier in the thread that you used D2 front hubs and RRC rear axle/brakes plus the ends of the rear axle to mount the whole assembly. Do you mind going into detail what went where and how it worked? I am looking to convert a 6 stud LC pattern trailer to Disco hubs to match my D2, just need stub axles (and disc/drum brakes) so i can unbolt the existing drums and hubs and bolt on new D2 stubs with brakes. Trying to talk to trailer shops is fun, no-one wants to know about it, too hard they say.

Cheers,
Nova

Nova,
The hubs, actually all were from an old RR. I need the disc brake assembly & something to attach to the new arms. I left about 20 mm of axle tube away from the hub casting for just this purpose. An engineer shop machined the inside of the axle tube to enable a steel sleeve to fit inside. That was also machined inside to fit the 2" Chromo axle to fit inside. This could be machined to match your own axle size. You will need to know a good machine shop as it was not cheep! I still had to linish a couple of sections on the outer of the hub to get the Defender alloys to fit as well as using a 4mm spacer ring to aid fitting.
If you would like me to send a couple of hi res image of my assembly just send a PM & i will email them to you.
Hope this helps.

Cheers
David

I sent you a PM, thanks.

Cheers,
Nova

I'm now getting excited, the chassis is back & i can now start going forward with putting it back together.
Saturday we are going to start putting it back together & fit the camper on, then make a start on the nose section, running out of time but at least it will be useable if not complete.

Tried to get as close as powder coat colour could get to the truck paint Galway Green.

Cheers
David

It's finally starting to look like the drawing from the beginning.
Got all the gear back on the chassis today including the tray top camper for the first test drive, very happy .
Loads of work to start tomorrow, hoping to make good progress on the front section, then it will really look like the drawings.
I'm still waiting no a pair of material limiting straps for the USA, will have to stick with the chain for now.

Will have to change this to a camper build thread shortly.

Cheers
David

I'm surprised you had to go to the states for limiting straps,,
even if you want sexy branded ones with bolt on ends,,


most truck places can supply loop types in various lengths

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm surprised you had to go to the states for limiting straps,,
even if you want sexy branded ones with bolt on ends,,


most truck places can supply loop types in various lengths

Is there a limiting strap in sight in the above photo?