Safari Taller 5th Gear
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New Order possible of Safari 5th gear set - Who "needs" them
Greetings fellow mudders. I have been in contact with Safari systems about their 5th gear set that they "no longer carry" Here is the official scoop. Seems they only made an initial run of 50 sets and installed them all, and yet they kept them on their web site.
Maybe to tempt guys like me. I really wanted a set and tried several avenues to procure one set or even a set of drawings so I could have them reproduced. Even big $ would not get the Mfg to produce me a 1-off set. However.....
Here is the big news...
they will do another run of 50 if I can get people to commit. This may be hard but even though I am a newbie here and I am still building my trust level with you guys, I am willing to give it a shot. I am willing to run the finances but they want 50% up front before starting production. Once they receive the deposit it will be approximately 8wks ex. works Melbourne. The MSRP is $1595 AUD. Of course I will not be paying the full retail so I am willing to give my fellow mudders a 20% discount that would be $1275 AUD each plus shipping to your location. I will try and negotiate to have Safari ship them direct to each person but these are still details down the road to work out. First I need to determine the level of interest before going ahead with this endeavour. One final note from Safari "...Toyota made a change to the R151F transmission at some stage in 2011 on the Wide-Nose HZJ70 Landcruisers, which was incompatible with our 5th gear set. We could not pinpoint which countries/regions this effected, or exactly when the change came into effect." You can check out ToyoDIY for compatibility.
So here is the deal:
1 set R151F - 5th gear set SGHZJ70C for $1275+shipping, import taxes etc.
Who is interested? Let me know
Fits R151F only
Greetings fellow mudders. I have been in contact with Safari systems about their 5th gear set that they "no longer carry" Here is the official scoop. Seems they only made an initial run of 50 sets and installed them all, and yet they kept them on their web site.
Maybe to tempt guys like me. I really wanted a set and tried several avenues to procure one set or even a set of drawings so I could have them reproduced. Even big $ would not get the Mfg to produce me a 1-off set. However.....
Here is the big news...
they will do another run of 50 if I can get people to commit. This may be hard but even though I am a newbie here and I am still building my trust level with you guys, I am willing to give it a shot. I am willing to run the finances but they want 50% up front before starting production. Once they receive the deposit it will be approximately 8wks ex. works Melbourne. The MSRP is $1595 AUD. Of course I will not be paying the full retail so I am willing to give my fellow mudders a 20% discount that would be $1275 AUD each plus shipping to your location. I will try and negotiate to have Safari ship them direct to each person but these are still details down the road to work out. First I need to determine the level of interest before going ahead with this endeavour. One final note from Safari "...Toyota made a change to the R151F transmission at some stage in 2011 on the Wide-Nose HZJ70 Landcruisers, which was incompatible with our 5th gear set. We could not pinpoint which countries/regions this effected, or exactly when the change came into effect." You can check out ToyoDIY for compatibility. So here is the deal:
1 set R151F - 5th gear set SGHZJ70C for $1275+shipping, import taxes etc.
Who is interested? Let me know
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I'd be in if it was a H55F
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Same here.
Anyone Know any Japanese gear cutters familiar with the 5th gear assembly of the H55F?
I would think the best way to do it hand over a spare h55f and say here you go, design it to work in this. Less room for error that way. One would think that there should be a few good reputable machine shops that'd be up to the task in NA. Only kicker is one-offs or even small batches would be costly
You guys could try my "plan B" if I don't get enough interest here. I used to work in machine shops and making the gears is not that hard, just have to use good material and use a reputable heat treating place. Find an old h55f tranny, find the 5th gear set and measure the clearance both while engaged and disengaged to determine how much room there will be for the bigger gears. Pull the 5th gear pair and take them to the shop and ask them how much bigger they could make them, giving them the clearance available. Have them give you a quote for 1-off, 10 sets, or more and see how many mudders want them. Best to find a shop that does custom work. I could recommend one in Kitchener, Ontario... there are several in the area that are quite capable.
An update for the H55 guys looking for OverDrive.
I have had the Mark's Overdrive gears in for a little over a month, and so far so good. They definitely are louder than stock transfer gears, but they are doing nice RPM wise on the highway.
Here are the speed in KPH/RPMs I have so far.
5th gear
100 @ 2100
90 @ 1950
80 @ 1775
4th Gear
100 @ 2450
90 @ 2250
80 @ 2050
I have had the Mark's Overdrive gears in for a little over a month, and so far so good. They definitely are louder than stock transfer gears, but they are doing nice RPM wise on the highway.
Here are the speed in KPH/RPMs I have so far.
5th gear
100 @ 2100
90 @ 1950
80 @ 1775
4th Gear
100 @ 2450
90 @ 2250
80 @ 2050
255/85R16s. My speedo is pretty close, but I'll tighten those numbers up with the GPS
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