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Yep that was a great day out, lots of mixed activities from general 4wding, rock steps, some nice sight seeing and watching people others with lead feet ;-)
I was too busy to take many photos but hopefully the videos will make up for it (later this week).
We started off at the wombat holes with large convoys front and back:
The wombats has been dug out quite heavily near the top and is no longer suitable for stock cars. It's bad enough that Clough even bent his spindle on it! We're going to have to find more tracks that are easy enough but still provide a challenge.
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Then it was off to lost city, which 5 vehicles drove down (on videos for later)
A couple shots on the way out from lost city:
We then had lunch at moon rock, whilst watching others have fun climbing the power line track.
Then off to Sunnyside ridge for a nice view.
And a few of us drove down part of the Spanish Steps track for a play, where James had some mechanical issues with his car, but we all helped to get him out of the valley.
Pumping up at the end of the day:
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Just got home, was a very long drive back home
It's been a great day out - good experience as well as meeting people face to face. Nice to meet everyone and especially big thanks to glen_ep for organising the trip :thumbup:
PS - definitely need to wash the car now2013 ZR in Crystal Pearl With Bits From ARB Catalogue.
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thanks Glen also from our side, great day, great location(s), great spirit and fun. Mark had a ball, was fast asleep after the spanish steps (by that time I was definitely craving a coffee too). Have pics on Facebook, will check how it works here2010 Kakadu. TJM T13 bar, TJM 9500lb winch, FJ Cruiser 17" rims with 265/70R17 Coopers S/T maxx, 40mm lift, Dobinson's C59-726, Bilstein shocks, Airtek snorkel, Recovery points, Brown Davies bash plates, TG150 transfer case guard. Rhino Pioneer Platform SuperPeg Rear Awning. Drifta Drawer System, Cargobarrier. Optima dual battery. GME UHF, Sandgrabbas.. ARB 47l fridge freezer.
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Great day out with a great bunch of people. Was good to test the new car out.
Originally posted by Steve M View PostOk glen can I ask a dumb question what's a spindle ?? Cheers Steve
Hope that made sense!Last edited by Sako85; 04-08-2013, 11:23 PM.
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The most likely cause was a very hard hit on that LHS (looked like a decent hit too from where I was standing!). There was so much force in play after the suspension had compressed fully onto the bump stop the force left over had to go somewhere. The pivot point for the load bearing arm has now moved from the inner mounts to the lower balljoint via the compressed bump stop making the wheel/tyre want to turn in at the top, so thats what it did.The Spindle must be the weak point on that setup so that is what gave way.
Probably the best possible thing to give way. If it was a either a control arm/wishbone, one of their mounts or one of the balljoints that gave up the ghost, it may not have been drivable.Last edited by Sako85; 05-08-2013, 12:44 PM.
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I checked out the videos last night and finally saw Clough's impact. The front end isn't visible but you can certainly see the car stop and bounce sideways.
Quite a few USA drivers have bent their spindles on Toyota rigs and they've came up with a weld-on solution for it; "spindle gussets". The effectiveness of that solution is debated because the welding task itself often weakens metals. Also, like sako touched on, we must remember to keep known weak points in our cars, so we don't break more expensive components or even the brackets on the chassis.
It'd be difficult to fix on the track because you'd need to remove it from both the upper and lower ball joints, and have a replacement spindle available (with bearings).
Here's a bent spindle from an FJ:
And here's what they look like with the mod welded on, a "gusset":
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Originally posted by cloughcarib View PostGot home no worries. Work truck tomorrow.
fatty boy, Sydneydude, MrX;
No worries guys, I'm glad you enjoyed the day and hope to see you out there againglen_ep - engineered, 4" lift, 33" 255/85R16, lockers, 4.88 ratios www.pradopoint.com.au/showthread.php?17237 www.youtube.com/user/glenep www.fb.com/groups/ToyotaPrado90
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