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  1. 15th January 2007, 04:19 PM #1
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    Defender wheel carrier DIY

    got to work on it over the weekend for the upcoming Alice trip, progress so far.Going to cut down the original mount plate and weld it to a plate attached to the pipe to carry the wheel, getting a mate to lathe up some Teflon bushes for the pivots and use small sections of pipe as sleeves over them.Total cost for all materials was $150, the piece of Teflon rod was $80 itself.All the mounts are cut and shaped with a 4" angle grinder, the only thing I used thats not a home handyman item was the pipe bender(borrowed from work). Should have it finished by the end of the week, will post more pics then.PS something went wrong with the link in the middle.


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  2. 15th January 2007, 04:24 PM #2
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    Looking very good there mate.
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    who taught you to bend pipe!!!

    next time weld a plate one one end, pack it full of sand and weld another plate on the other end!
    this will stop the pipe from collapsing/kinking like it has

    nylon? the white stuff?? lubron would have been a better choice, its harder wearing and self lubricating

    apart from that looks good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by discowhite
    who taught you to bend pipe!!!

    next time weld a plate one one end, pack it full of sand and weld another plate on the other end!
    this will stop the pipe from collapsing/kinking like it has

    nylon? the white stuff?? lubron would have been a better choice, its harder wearing and self lubricating

    apart from that looks good.

    cheers phil
    picky, picky, the kink looks worse in the pic then it is, would have ditched it otherwise, but thanks for the tip."Who taught me to bend pipe?"
    The instructions on the bender of course!
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    Quote Originally Posted by discowhite
    who taught you to bend pipe!!!

    next time weld a plate one one end, pack it full of sand and weld another plate on the other end!
    this will stop the pipe from collapsing/kinking like it has

    nylon? the white stuff?? lubron would have been a better choice, its harder wearing and self lubricating

    apart from that looks good.

    cheers phil
    the advice is good but hey thats a bloody good job for a first off attempt
    im sure there will be a few mods along the way

    not everyone is graced with your ability to manufacture goodies as you do
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    Nice but I reckon it needs a vertical brace on it near the hinges or the weight and vibration is going to play merry hell on that top.hinge.

    You might also want to consider pulling the top hinge and making a rubber gasket out of old inner tube, floor mat or soft conveyer rubber dont make the holes for the bolts full size let it grab at them a little then when you put it back together put some aluminium panel washers on the inside (you may need to drill these out or make em custom)

    But not a bad job, hows the dynamic movement with the door opening go?

    and if you get enthusiastic, if you cut and paste it just before the hinges put a flat plate in there those type of wheel carriers make excelent air tanks.
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    DiscoWhite - What's Lubron? And where do you get it?
    Thanks
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    You can also use carbon impregnated nylon, cant remember the name but it maybe this lubron stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
    Nice but I reckon it needs a vertical brace on it near the hinges or the weight and vibration is going to play merry hell on that top.hinge.

    You might also want to consider pulling the top hinge and making a rubber gasket out of old inner tube, floor mat or soft conveyer rubber dont make the holes for the bolts full size let it grab at them a little then when you put it back together put some aluminium panel washers on the inside (you may need to drill these out or make em custom)

    But not a bad job, hows the dynamic movement with the door opening go?

    and if you get enthusiastic, if you cut and paste it just before the hinges put a flat plate in there those type of wheel carriers make excelent air tanks.
    Its got one just havnt taken the pic yet, was just showing the ongoing as I hate uploading pics.
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    What's Lubron? And where do you get it?
    bearing shops stock it, like CBC etc.
    or engineering workshops. its fairly common if you know where to look

    cheers phil
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