Recent content by BaseCruiser

Yeah, I'm not at the point of needing a speedi sleeve - I'm basically trying to see if I can prevent creating wear marks by utilising a labyrinth/cartridge type oil seal. i.e. prevention is better than cure etc etc...

Hi Kernal. Apologies for the late reply. I will throw it onto the diesel forum as you suggest. My particular rear main seal was leaking a little, though the shaft didn't seem to have a visible groove on it, so in my case I just put on a factory, standard seal. The only reason for raising the...

Hi chaps. I recently replaced the rear main seal on '96 80-series 1HZ. Now, currently I have some labyrinth type rear inner axle oil seals. This video shows a Terrain Tamer swivel hub version: So, for those that aren't overly familiar with these types of seals, their advantage is that the lip...

Thanks Malleus, I never knew about this archive website. I had look through it but sadly, most backup/archive attempts failed. I found this successul one from 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20010804134928/http://www.safari4x4.com.au/80scool/ I'll see if I can find something more recent...

Yeah well, I wrote to Safari4x4 and they didn't seem to know anything about it. Mind you, that was probably a young guy - maybe some of the older guys may have more info. I mean, surely someone, somewhere would have a backup of the invaluable source of info tucked away somewhere? Shame.

Hi chaps. I often see on older posts references to the old 80scool forums. It looks as if they were at one stage hosted by safari4x4, but that no longer seems to be the case. I sent a quick query to safari4x4 but am yet to hear back. If they respond with anything useful I'll pass that on...