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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 19:42:25

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 19:42:25

just thought i'd share a little problem i had today when i was out on a driveing day when one of my mates dared me to try the infamous "mudrun" and it hadnt been done for a while and the last rangie that went in there took 4 vehicles to be pulled out.
well i went flying into it from across the valley and bang there it was! 1 nicely bent steering arm!
thanks to a slight tug from a 90 we straightened it enough to get home again, and just for anyone that hasnt seen a rangie steering arm, its ment to be straight! and this one was pushed against the axle in that shape!
cheers now,
johnniep

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 19:47:08

what did you hit :?:

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 19:48:49

not 100% sure, something big and hard in the bottom of the mud run!
i have it on video on here but i don tknow how to get them onto the forum?,i think it was just one of the rutts or the almost verticle bank to climb out of the pit!??!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: gtomo2 on May 21, 2006, 20:50:40

Take it you next purchase with be a steering guard. :shock:  :wink: .
think i may just get one as well dont fancy doing that :shock:

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 20:53:21

nah ive seen how much steering guards impair offroad performance! any  deepruts and it picks the front up and then you have no traction on the front, i'll stick with seriously bending my first steering arm in 25yrs off offroading and just carry a spare, its 2 bolts and thats it!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: paul_humphreys on May 21, 2006, 21:05:10

Go for Dan Bars. 30mm solid steel.

Paul

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:07:21

yeh, i have got a spare arm, but if/when this one bends then i will more than likely get one of those! but aslong as ive got a standard spares lyeing round i will put them on, doesnt cost me anything then does it!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:09:18

Quote from: "johnniep"

nah ive seen how much steering guards impair offroad performance! any  deepruts and it picks the front up and then you have no traction on the front, i'll stick with seriously bending my first steering arm in 25yrs off offroading and just carry a spare, its 2 bolts and thats it!

i agree, i think theres alot of stuff on the market that you dont really need, extreme drive flanges for instance, how many people acually need them (iam sure some people do) but for the most they are just another way to waste your money.

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: ritchiea2005 on May 21, 2006, 21:28:45

I used to suffer bent steering arms all the while, try pushing the standard arms through some gas tube, leave the gas tube a couple of inches shorter than the arm (so you can get the clamps on) and just weld the ends up. This idea worked for me i aint bent one since and its a lot cheaper than buying the "proper" reinforced items.

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:29:32

Quote from: "ritchiea2005"

I used to suffer bent steering arms all the while, try pushing the standard arms through some gas tube, leave the gas tube a couple of inches shorter than the arm (so you can get the clamps on) and just weld the ends up. This idea worked for me i aint bent one since and its a lot cheaper than buying the "proper" reinforced items.

v good idea :idea:

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:33:33

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2866573034680319304
theres the video for the "incident"

and i am thinking about sleveing the arm!
just need to order the close fitting pipe!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:35:28

you stopped a bit sudden!!!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:37:40

yeh! i think that answers for the bent stering arm!, well its more than likely! and incase you didnt knwo this is the rangie with the perkins 6cylinder, aprox 5.5liter disel engine! so theres a fair bit of weight on the front, she is probs why it had to be dragged out byt 3 of them roped together!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:38:57

perky? is it the 1006 series?

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:40:00

um its the 6.354, was out of a combine harvester, as much as i know, its only just fits in the hole!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:43:37

not quite sure about that, if it is the same as the engines we have at work, they are huge. (i think ours are 6.8 litre)

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:48:49

well it it on the large side and torque! theres enought to drag the eiffel tower along!its 354 cubic inches, whatever that is in cc's!?!?

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:53:46

any chance of a pic?

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: johnniep on May 21, 2006, 21:55:17

will do tomorrow, bit dark atm, but will do,
cheers now,
johnniep

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 21, 2006, 21:57:09

take it easy.

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: Sharpshooter on May 21, 2006, 22:03:40

You dont happen to know the threads on the ball joints, do you?? Only ive got to change mine for the mot, and i could make some HD steering arms..  Thanks Chaps.

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: ritchiea2005 on May 21, 2006, 22:05:53

No wonder that arm bent!!!!

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: ritchiea2005 on May 21, 2006, 22:09:03

Quote

You dont happen to know the threads on the ball joints, do you?? Only ive got to change mine for the mot, and i could make some HD steering arms.. Thanks Chaps

I will check this in the morning for you but remember the one side has a reverse thread this is why i sleeved the standard one.

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: ritchiea2005 on May 22, 2006, 10:00:11

The thread size your looking for is 11/16x16 unf

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: Damonski on May 22, 2006, 11:07:16

Coool, Im surprised gravity didnt help and you rolled down that 90 degree bank ;)

Title: oopsie!!
Post by: Littledan on May 22, 2006, 12:53:15

woops looked good fun tho :D