hey rob,

just wondering how are your uniballs on the PRG UCA holding up...
the ones on My total chaos were gone in 2-3 months so just wondering
cheers

 

This is a notorious fault with them in salty/muddy parts of the USA, which is only going to be worse in the UK, which is why i went with PSR arms.

 

Hence why i ended up buying the dirt kings...LOL
I did have a lot more droop with the total chaos arms though....
I even started thinking about finding a way to seal the PRG (Yes again)....but i tnink ill stick to the dk

 

I guess its just a bad design, about the only way would be to smear it in grease then take them off weekly to clean and degrease! I wonder if something the dirst supposidly doesnt stick to would work, like dry moly paste?

 

I think its best to stick to BJs..... uniballs are so much more of hassle just for 1 or 2 inch more droop...lol

 

Am still on the first set but they are utterly shagged. There is a small amount of play in the right hand side which was an advisory on the mot. Whats most annoying is both have started to squeak, you can imagine what its like on a dirt track. i have been blasting super lube in which stops the squeaking for 3 days or so. When i whip one out to take to yorkshire bearing components am going to pick up 4 and spend a bit of time trying to seal them with something like what you have kranky but also try seal the underneath. Moly paste may work but dirt is still going to sit in the top and work its way in. They are a poor design

 

the big problem for trying to seal them is the top misalignment spacer as it moves around it would touch the cap I had designed and take it off...
I probably would need to machine the top spacer into something like the camburg UCA... no chance up until now and the dirtking UCA though they limit droop actually hold up very well...
cheers

 

Also just noted something the deavers have moved my diff around 2cm back what about you?
now my diff cover is hitting my spare tire (33" so bigger than stock)....
did you notice anything similar?

 

i don't run/own a spare wheel so haven't noticed. i was going to get a spare but i find the deavers to be so soft i can easy bottom them out so don't want the extra weight right out back

 

This was a great read its just taken me 2 and half hours.
Its really give me some insperation to start modifying my d40 i really like the bar work looks brill do you ever get any bother from the police with having a metal front bumper and hard to read number plates due the there position?
moght come across as a daft question but what colour/shade blue are you using is it electric blue? And your bar work is that graphite?

The truck is looking fab well done!

 

Thanks Martin, I haven't had any bother with the police. Been stopped once since putting the bumper on. The coppers didn't mention the bumper wide wheels or number plates. He stopped me because a pickup had just been stolen in the area. I pulled the angled rear plate off somewhere so now have a rectangular one in the rear window where it's more out the way. I don't bother with a front plate, done 15000 mile this year so far with no issues. The blue is from halfords it was something like an intense blue. Halfords must have 4 names for vertically the same blue. And yes the bumpers graphite. Happy trucking!

 

New prop, as mine made the entire truck rattle if you went over 60

 

Made a stainless disk to nip the gator onto the console. Its really not an easy shape to make. I put three cuts in each of the front two corners then tweaked the triangles into the right position welded it all up and sanded it back down. Is not perfect but its good enough for me

 

new steering rack from milners, virtually all the front has to come of to get the thing in.

 

That is some serious stripping fown,...

 

Proper extended half shafts from nisstec. My welded up ones haven't broken but i just didn't trust them. Going to get into my off-roading a lot more so want it right.

 

Stuck pic. There is a cool quarry behind our yard with all sorts in it. very strange land. Its like an apple pie, hard crust but if you break through you just sink into bottomless silt

 

New rubber tipped up yesterday. Carnt wait to get these on next week.artycheer: I have also jacked the front and back up a few inches to accommodate the tyres

 

Nice boots. I like them.

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New boot on. I was a little disappointed they didn't have white writing but they were the last 4 in that size so just happy i got a set. I am also a little worried they might have too much grip, the tread is huge! A bit of heat gun work was needed on the arches as they scrubbed even with the 4-5 inch of lift i have on the front. The tyres stand 33.4 inches tall. Currently every thing works as it should which hasn't been the case for years artycheer: After changing all the fluids it now runs sweet as a nut. Cleaned it up for some pics.

 

You've got a very cool truck.

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Wow! Looking good mate!

Just out of curiosity, and because mine fell off the other day doing a bit of greenlaning, what's the legality on not having a front number plate on display?

 

Cheers lads, yes it's definitely illegal not having a front plate on but too be honest I don't care. I recon I could blag my way out of it if I ever did get pulled. I haven't had a plate on in well over a year with no issues.

 

Your truck looks well Farma Rob. The tyres do look very serious! Where did you get the sliders from please?-I'm having trouble sourcing some from anywhere outside of Oz.
Do you have any more plans for the Nav or are you about done?

 

I got the sliders from luffman engineering. When i ordered mine he did say he had made a batch so hopefully will still have a set for you but this was getting on 2 years ago. I carnt remember how much they cost but they weren't expensive and they have lasted for me.

I have a couple of things in the pipe line, new disks and pads as mine are virtually metal on metal.

This chassis snapping thread seems to be all the rave at the minute and as i have no plans to sell the truck, i am probably going to make my own strengthening plates from near the centre of the rear wheel right under the cab. Nissan seem to have done a poor job on that entire area.

Lastly i may be getting krankybuluk's old rear bump stops if delivery isn't extortionate which will be sweet.:rockon

 

Thanks for the info. I'll try contacting Luffman today. I agree about the chassis snapping, it's worrying and definitely worth the strengthening work you are talking about. I stumbled across Rich's chassis strengthening plates on eBay the other day. I really do need to get myself a welder.

 

Play time
The piece of checker plate on the back covers up a huge dint after a kinetic tow rope snapped and coiled up into the tailgate.