Thread: Redesigned series shocker mounts.

Interesting. Hadn’t heard of that tyre. Currently running 7.5/r16 still but one day may be forced to change! Worry if I went larger/wider I would risk more half-shaft breakages. I have old rover diff with special short hub ‘caps’. Axles are shorter with a female thread in end so breaking is bad!

Originally Posted by davros

Interesting. Hadn’t heard of that tyre. Currently running 7.5/r16 still but one day may be forced to change! Worry if I went larger/wider I would risk more half-shaft breakages. I have old rover diff with special short hub ‘caps’. Axles are shorter with a female thread in end so breaking is bad!

So your running original Lightweight axles. Its why I went to Heavy duty Ashcroft half shafts because I was afraid the Electric torque would make short work of the hard to get Lightweight version. Im thinking of modifying some Hilux semi floater axles into look-alike Lightweight axles. That way the flange & half shaft will be a one piece forging.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Good thought but no fear of that, I'm running standard length shackles , theres still full spline engagement at full droop.

Interesting thought about shackles. What did the army do with drive shaft length on the series 2's and 3's ?
My drive shafts have a retaining nut thingy to stop the shaft pulling completely apart, I found when the vehicle was on the hoist that the front prop shaft bolts were under tension and i couldn't easily put the drive shaft back in.
Once the shocks were changed back to standard there was no problem with tail shaft length.

Ian
Bittern

I put the Australian army shackles on my lightweight and the front prop shaft could foul against the chassis cross member near the transfer case. Grinder and welding fixed it...

Originally Posted by goingbush

So your running original Lightweight axles. Its why I went to Heavy duty Ashcroft half shafts because I was afraid the Electric torque would make short work of the hard to get Lightweight version. Im thinking of modifying some Hilux semi floater axles into look-alike Lightweight axles. That way the flange & half shaft will be a one piece forging.

What’s that ‘electric torque ‘? EV?

Originally Posted by davros

What’s that ‘electric torque ‘? EV?

I replaced the 2.25 with an Electric motor , it has maximum torque from zero RPM so I thought I better beef up the back end.

Originally Posted by goingbush

I replaced the 2.25 with an Electric motor , it has maximum torque from zero RPM so I thought I better beef up the back end.

Awesome. Great to see that once petrol is declared a nasty carcinogenic substance that can be purchased by laboratories at $50/L, these old vehicles will still be running!
Good job! Have you got more pics up? I’ve been just starting to troll through your older posts to find out! Range? Charging time?
Great job! And what better vehicle to convert! Dave

Originally Posted by davros

Awesome. Great to see that once petrol is declared a nasty carcinogenic substance that can be purchased by laboratories at $50/L, these old vehicles will still be running!
Good job! Have you got more pics up? I’ve been just starting to troll through your older posts to find out! Range? Charging time?
Great job! And what better vehicle to convert! Dave

Cheers , most people are not so agreeable about me "stuffing up a perfectly good Lightweight"

just uploaded a fresh youtube of clips from the past 18 months.

Range is about 80km, charge time from a 15Amp outlet for a full charge is about 8 hours. I typically do 20-25km a day and charge once every 2 or 3 days.