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Well Syncros don't flex much
Lift the legs easy

Based on Chas, Martin, LesseW & Buggers posts, amongst others, I should rename this Thread;
"Show Your Vehicle's Lack of Flex"...

Well Manny
Tiny Tiger can Flex at least

Ironically , Wessel charging at speed through such crossaxling ‘Eggbox’ stretches seems bound to keep 3 wheels in traction nearly all the time ,
… though not sure when he has/will bend and/or break
expensive stuff … will be interesting ...

The (Stadard) Flex Champ already cited via posts #86 & 89.
( ie not a customised ‘Circus Clown Car’ … )

… probly as much flex with rear wheel/axle up.

Hard to believe std suspension

Bugger wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:04 pm

Hard to believe std suspension

As far as I know, 15” wheel is standard, so ground clearance not good, though, with some wheel-arch modification etc, think one can increase wheel-size to 17 or 18”.
But increasing body clearance via wheels and/or Lifts, can make them even worse rollers!

I recall a few years ago Jacko Jeep looking into a hybrid, putting Cherokee body and motor etc onto RR Classic chassis / suspension.

Chas if I look at that pic of said vehicle

No std vehicle shock will give you that travel
I'm sorry that is not std suspension

My Tiny Tiger also got std Toyota Hilux axles with Croozer shocks

Is some vehicle the parts will be std but not in that said

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GU Patrol, paar van die Cruisers en die lifted Hiluxes loop die selle shocks agter. Dis die Gabriel G56174 met 246mm se range. Daars nie veel anders wat jou meer sal gee nie, behalwe iets custom, of in die fleetline reeks. En ek weet nie of hulle te hard sal wees vir ons karre nie.

Don't know why I did that post in Afrikaans, sorry. BUT what I mean to say was.... GU Patrol, some Cruisers, and Hi Lift Hiluxes use the same G56174 shocks on the rear with 246mm range. There is not much longer besides custom or Fleetrider series shocks.

I am playing with the idea to try out the Gabriel 76104 shock with 909mm ext, 534mm compressed giving me 375mm range. But this shock is for the Merc L113 busses and trucks. In the rear I can get a good angle on the shock to increase the leverage on it and make it softer, but in the front I don't have the space, but could maybe rely on the 1.2 ton to weigh it down and make it softer.

Bugger wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:12 am

Chas if I look at that pic of said vehicle

No std vehicle shock will give you that travel
I'm sorry that is not std suspension

My Tiny Tiger also got std Toyota Hilux axles with Croozer shocks

Is some vehicle the parts will be std but not in that said

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Bugger … Sax was also very sceptical … !

so I put ref in # 89 … to support my argument
… see the RRC value at bottom right of the RTI table.

Can also say, in mine at work, I once cut the ramp corner a little sharp at work, and later found & measured, the back left wheel climbed a 75cm pedestrian wall without hesitating … but I did feel it and look back !
RRCs travel soft upon the turf with great suspension
and ground clearance is not great but they have
Huge flex … via front and back axle configuration.
( same as pre-Defender ‘ LandRover 110s ‘ … )

… but as I say in #89 :

“ ... we should make the rule:

Goose Neck test
then do a
Ramp Flex test

with no adjustments /modifications ... “

Now this thing has flex!


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That’s very cool

Mad Manny wrote:

johnoosthuizen wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:13 pm

Some pics of today I'm adding... Will be the last for some time to come...

Do you have to go serve time...?

Nope...have to do some work on it...will be standing for a while...

A pic of my truck (not my photo - taken by somebody else) of a trip to Hennops with NOROC a few months ago...

Hy maak mooi Ian