My 68 Westy - as time goes by .....

[Clem]

Thanks Airtime

So, welded up the open wounds ...

Remembered where Id put the adjusters ...

And fitted

Ordered some POR15 today to paint it up before rebuild.

 

[gninnam]

Nice job 8) - looking very tidy!

 

[Clem]

A bit of a catch up
Beam was POR 15'd and reassembled with T2D dropped spindles and cleaned and painted stuff.
I also took the chance to have a good blow inside and out with the wax gun so its all nice and safe again from the dreaded

Refitted the beam last night and then fitted up the hubs on new spindles, then have started reassembling. Should be another session now to get in on its wheels

 

[gninnam]

Shiney shiney 8)

Looking good dude :mrgreen:

 

[ant]

Nice work clem

 

[Clem]

I put it back on its wheels today - I let the jack down until it stopped. Its sitting on the tyres here :lol:

Ill have to wait for the new wheels to set it up properly

 

[froggy]

Looking good, any news on your new wheels?

 

[Clem]

Looking good, any news on your new wheels?

Awaiting paint was the last update ..... :msn4:

 

[Grazy]

Looks cool now you are "down"

 

[windsurfer]

It does look a good stance Mike

 

[Cali_bay]

Looks good. 8) Have looked at these t2d spindles myself.

Do you have any closer pictures of the ball joints/arms? Do they have a flange on the lower side to stop them pulling out upwards as well as being a press fit? Still trying to get my head around the engineering/safety with these. I known they mention the 5 ton press fit, but the weight of a fully loaded bus hitting a pot hole on a bend would create a high impact load. (May do the calculation)

If they have a flange on the bottom this would take that load?

 

[bugdust]

Beautiful bus!! I hope mine looks that nice one day.

 

[Clem]

Looks good. 8) Have looked at these t2d spindles myself.

Do you have any closer pictures of the ball joints/arms? Do they have a flange on the lower side to stop them pulling out upwards as well as being a press fit? Still trying to get my head around the engineering/safety with these. I known they mention the 5 ton press fit, but the weight of a fully loaded bus hitting a pot hole on a bend would create a high impact load. (May do the calculation)

If they have a flange on the bottom this would take that load?

They are fitted with an additional circlip as a 'belt and braces' measure to ensure the safety. I cant really talk with any technical authority on them. They are press tested under unsprung conditions far exeeding the impacts that will be undured and T2D are substantial enough and reputable enough a company for me to trust in. I spoke with Paul about them and he explained in detail about them and convinced/assured me.

I also know Marco, one of the Slammed Panel guys in Holland that originally developed the idea - he gave me full asurrance also.

I reckon they are ace :mrgreen:

 

[Clem]

Beautiful bus!! I hope mine looks that nice one day.

Thanks dude :mrgreen:

 

[61 stu]

looking cool 8)

 

[Clem]

I popped a 15" rim on that had a lo pro tyre fitted to see how far it would go down. I stopped when the jack got stuck ... but theres plenty of drop available ...

Its going back up now to refit the stock wheels and tyres while I do some other stuff.

 

[gninnam]

I popped a 15" rim on that had a lo pro tyre fitted to see how far it would go down. I stopped when the jack got stuck ... but theres plenty of drop available ...

That is soo rude 8)

 

[EgoTrippin]

Thats better.....! 8)

You should steal the rest of the wheels off Wally's crew cab too!

 

[Clem]

Thats better.....! 8)

You should steal the rest of the wheels off Wally's crew cab too!

:mrgreen:

Rubbish offset

 

[Dirty Harry]

Thats better.....! 8)

You should steal the rest of the wheels off Wally's crew cab too!

:mrgreen:

Rubbish offset

Most important, very ugly bling wheels :mrgreen: :lol: