Thread: LOOK i slotted my BALLS!

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Kept out of this up until now as I initially did not know why this modification was being done. The machining is a very simple procedure using a slot drill or end mill in a vertical milling machine with the work piece held on a rotary table in dividing head mode. If you do not need slots for ongoing adjustment, just for a one off movement, why not weld up the original hole and mill a new hole (slot drill) in the required position for changing the angle?

Brian you need to slot them so you can get the correct castor done by your freindly aligment provider.

As for coming loose well, I am running the old 6 bolt swivels, scotch keyed and thread lock & spring w/s. No problems what so ever. As far as torque goes, I think the Isuzu with 4:1 diffs, rock crawler gears and 35" Creepies at 8psi is a good bench mark.

Jumping on the skids at 100km/h will put more load on it than most other cases anyway.

Good on you for posting in the first place, as someone said before the ones that are knocking it hav'nt done it and probably never will.


Regards justin

Looks great, top job.

Will any wheel aligment place align it for you ?

Originally Posted by matbor

Looks great, top job.

Will any wheel aligment place align it for you ?

They should do depending on your wheel size. Some castor aligners cant get around 35" or bigger when they go from lock to lock.


Justin

Will any wheel aligment place align it for you ?

im going to talk to a ''specialist'' about it. some one who deals with larger vehicles, trucks and 4x4's.
no more beauies etc for me!

cheers phil

Originally Posted by discowhite

im going to talk to a ''specialist'' about it. some one who deals with larger vehicles, trucks and 4x4's.
no more beauies etc for me!

cheers phil

Phil.

Is Pro-axle at Smithfield still there. They were the aligning gurus 10 years ago. I could have the name wrong as well.

Justin

yep! at enfield and smithfield.

cheers phil

well its well over a year, ive been all over the place, high country, fraser hopefully soon to the cape, and now there is 63 000k's on the clock, 26 000 ish when i started this thread...

so i have to confess..................... something about my slotted balls.......
























































THEY STILL HAVE NOT MOVED!!

proof.

Good to see