Last week Thursday we took a little drive through the country side to show the father in-law the surrounding area and end up on this nice lane above Rivington on the West Pennine Moors (Winter hill).
It is well washed out and very rocky and there was this “step” to get on to, (similar to the “Gap” in Wales). Was able to test the articulation. Found that the sway bars are limiting the down ward travel (droop).
May be a good thing on the front end cause it might be braking the cv’s if it’s stretched further. But that lead to the need for a front diff-lock, had to chuck a few rocks under the driver side front wheel to get enough traction to pull the truck up and through the “step”. Might need to make some Quick Disconnects for the rear sway bar to get more droop so to have better traction in similar situations.
It was a lot of fun doing it, just a same it was over so quickly.We have a lot of restrictions on lane and this is the only one still opens for miles.
I now have made some spacers for the rear bump stops to try stopping the wheel from rubbing when fully stuffed. I also change the sway-bar bushes front and rear cause both were knackered.
I also changed the oil in both diffs and bleed the brakes, was a bit spongy.
It is well washed out and very rocky and there was this “step” to get on to, (similar to the “Gap” in Wales). Was able to test the articulation. Found that the sway bars are limiting the down ward travel (droop).
May be a good thing on the front end cause it might be braking the cv’s if it’s stretched further. But that lead to the need for a front diff-lock, had to chuck a few rocks under the driver side front wheel to get enough traction to pull the truck up and through the “step”. Might need to make some Quick Disconnects for the rear sway bar to get more droop so to have better traction in similar situations.
It was a lot of fun doing it, just a same it was over so quickly.We have a lot of restrictions on lane and this is the only one still opens for miles.
I now have made some spacers for the rear bump stops to try stopping the wheel from rubbing when fully stuffed. I also change the sway-bar bushes front and rear cause both were knackered.
I also changed the oil in both diffs and bleed the brakes, was a bit spongy.
