nuff said (customers truck and wtf of the day)

haha, oops!

who made the radius arms?

Look like QT...

I'll bet it flexed good..

DAMN! Makes $G's 3 link look safe!

Id rock it! :flipoff2:

holy cow bat man...

I see the problem. he went too fast because of all the speed holes.

What's all this talk about radius arms? I think he's referring to the brake rotors, look to be a little worn out.

Its all good...that will just buff out.:eek:

The other side was fairly well done also. I'm thinking one good emergency stop and he would have been driving over his own front axle.

Nothing lighter than a hole?

just the latest "hinged and pinned" radius arm mod...

Had this happen to my QT arm's last year, not quite as bad as that, as I caught them in time but very badly cracked in same place's on both arms.

can't expect the world from that truck, it is no samurai:shaking:

can't expect the world from that truck, it is no samurai:shaking:

Skinny, Skinny. Kids these days. Go hijack somebody else's thread OK?:flipoff2:

Lemme guess. Is his catch phrase "3rd low and boot it"?

Lemme guess. Is his catch phrase "3rd low and boot it"?

nah...he's next

Skinny, Skinny. Kids these days. Go hijack somebody else's thread OK?:flipoff2:

yup, it's not bad enough that he's hyjacked my whole fawkin shop....now he's making a mess mentioning Samurinas here

....thought I could smell vagina :flipoff2:


wait a minute....skinny, your supposed to be working!

You will know that I had my vagina powdercoated and it will be installed in the sami sometime next week.

yup, it's not bad enough that he's hyjacked my whole fawkin shop....

And I thought AFI was bad. It was bad enough when his truck started living here, but now, the dawgs don't even bark when he rolls in with his diesel to drop off ANOTHER broken Rover.

I'm getting used to finding him asleep on my couch. Someday, he'll learn to use the TV:laughing:

yup, it's not bad enough that he's hyjacked my whole fawkin shop....now he's making a mess mentioning Samurinas here

....thought I could smell vagina :flipoff2:


wait a minute....skinny, your supposed to be working!

:laughing:

"I only need the space for a coupla weeks"

Hurry up and get that tin can done for Winter Romp...

man wtf!!! That thing is f'd

man wtf!!! That thing is f'd

:lmao:1st post :lmao:

:laughing:

"I only need the space for a coupla weeks"

Hurry up and get that tin can done for Winter Romp...

The sammi hasn't shown up yet...just the Skinny. I needed someone to fix my e-mail thing and he just kept coming back.

there will be no romp for that (sammi) thing. It's built for cruzing snappah. Might find him posing on the curb at Mardens looking for some young filly desperate enough to get in a Sammi for the "escape from Waterville".

You might need 2 tubes of 60 second epoxy to fix it

The sammi hasn't shown up yet...just the Skinny. I needed someone to fix my e-mail thing and he just kept coming back.

there will be no romp for that (sammi) thing. It's built for cruzing snappah. Might find him posing on the curb at Mardens looking for some young filly desperate enough to get in a Sammi for the "escape from Waterville".

Skinny in his sami cruizin ze ladies

Hey baby :revs sewing machine engine: :laughing::flipoff2:

He can get that big girl whos been in the same seat in Pete and Scary's for the last 5 years. Wait, she'd roll it:flipoff2:

:lmao:1st post :lmao:

11th post :shaking:

last time the ladies rode in my truck they enjoyed the fact that it vibrates so much. With dual tcases and twin sticks, it is a party for everyone on the bench seat:D:D:D:D:D

last time the ladies rode in my truck they enjoyed the fact that it vibrates so much. With dual tcases and twin sticks, it is a party for everyone on the bench seat:D:D:D:D:D

Sisters don't count :Maine:

can't top that, sorry. I'm fresh out:(

11th post :shaking:

C?

http://2guyz.info/uploads/forums/1st-post.jpg

If you need further explanation, please refer to the humor FAQ or discowebhumor.com http://2guyz.info/images/smiles/laughingdrunk.gif

j/k sorry, I couldn't resist! :flipoff2::evil::clown:

I think he was refering to your post count.

I give up on man kind. I am puting my gun in my mouth. Mmmmm gun oil :homer:

ahhh hrrrmmm.........i tend to read more and type less.......i dont have verbal diarrhea......:barf:

haha, oops!

who made the radius arms?


I'm late to the party But. Is there a name on it?? I don't think it is a Qt arm. The ones we have are solid in the broken erea.
Maybe scorpion

I think Scorpion arms have no holes at all.

http://www.qtservices.co.uk/region.asp?id=329
http://www.qtservices.co.uk/.%5Cppcms%5Cppimages%5Cqtservices%5CStd%20Radius%2 0Arms%20Large.jpg

Looks like they used to make them though.
http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Radius_Arms/QT_Lightweight_3deg_Castor_Correction_Radius_Arms_ (pair)_-_RRC_to_end_of_BA.html
http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Radius_Arms/images/pm738.jpg

The arms were made by QT. Turns out that the fully drilled arms were made as display samples. Somehow this set ended up on a truck. The vendor that sold them has since gone out of business.

Dave Marsh at QT has been more than helpfull in correcting this issue and supplying new arms.

Hi,

from another Forum I learned that the caster-degree is influenced by tire size as well. A large tire has a long footprint - which is what determines the leverage and thus influences, usually overlooked, what commonly is called "caster" only. (Hope I interpreted that right way).

That said it makes the use of a aftermarket arm not quite redundant, but at least questionable.
Does a 3° really make that much of a difference ? What does speak against the original Rover arms (which are well made I think) ? If there is a difference to be felt, is it merely a matter of "I know what I´ve paid for it therefore I feel how much better it is with it" or is there some kind of "objective" data ? (asking from an amateur point of view. Not skilled enough to answer these questions - so there´s no rhetoric in there) :)
My point is that I tried to improve my RRC by means of aftermarket parts and have had to return to OEM some times (f.e. stainless steel calliper pistons (horrible) and OEM suspension bushes).

Hi,

from another Forum I learned that the caster-degree is influenced by tire size as well. A large tire has a long footprint - which is what determines the leverage and thus influences, usually overlooked, what commonly is called "caster" only. (Hope I interpreted that right way).

That said it makes the use of a aftermarket arm not quite redundant, but at least questionable.
Does a 3° really make that much of a difference ? What does speak against the original Rover arms (which are well made I think) ? If there is a difference to be felt, is it merely a matter of "I know what I´ve paid for it therefore I feel how much better it is with it" or is there some kind of "objective" data ? (asking from an amateur point of view. Not skilled enough to answer these questions - so there´s no rhetoric in there) :)
My point is that I tried to improve my RRC by means of aftermarket parts and have had to return to OEM some times (f.e. stainless steel calliper pistons (horrible) and OEM suspension bushes).

3 degrees makes a huge difference. the original arms are very well made, they are forged. i have yet to see an aftermarket arm that was anywhere near the quality of the OEM. not the place to save weight.

Yes I am a rover newb but I am a cnc programmer in the aerospace industry, I frequently make thin wall webbed structures, (welded assemblies,or machined from billet) and speed holes are usually a BAD idea!

Yes I am a rover newb but I am a cnc programmer in the aerospace industry, I frequently make thin wall webbed structures, (welded assemblies,or machined from billet) and speed holes are usually a BAD idea!

Not really. They are sometimes a bad idea. Often not. And dimpled holes often strenthen the part.

The problem is drilling holes through the radius arms is crazy idiotic. I have never seen a rover under 3,500 in my life with the exception of Tiz's buggy, so saving 1 pound that's half unsprung makes zero sense.

when looking at the stock rover radius arms we found that they are about 1.5 times stronger than mild steel size for size, so if building then out of mild steel you would be using 40mmx16mm flat bar, top and bottom and vertical thickness of at least 12mm.... so those QT arms would want to be made out of something special to give the same strength as rover ones...

also looking at the extra plate on the bottom cord, it finishes at the narrowest part of the arm at the "cup" .... rover arms are solid at this point, not I beam like the rest of them....

Serg

Yes I am a rover newb but I am a cnc programmer in the aerospace industry, I frequently make thin wall webbed structures, (welded assemblies,or machined from billet) and speed holes are usually a BAD idea!

So where do i order a set of cranked and castered arms:p
Maybe you could machine a few sets for us Rover freaks

So where do i order a set of cranked and castered arms:p
Maybe you could machine a few sets for us Rover freaks

Out of 300M or HiTuff.

Naw, 5553.

Out of 300M or HiTuff.

Naw, 5553.

Seriously! Mght as well put the $$ towards a nice 3 link

Has anyone ever considers "Castor Corrected Swivel Balls" ?

http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/DEFENDER/Axle/Castor_Correction_Swivel_Balls_-_Pair_-_from_LA930456.html

http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/DEFENDER/Axle/images/frc7065.jpg

Don´t know whether this replaced something tough with a weak replacement part on just another place.

But the idea behind is not that bad IMHO.
Lets one keep that well known safe part (=OEM Radius Arm. Mass production part that never spelt trouble, even though being a mass production part made more than 1mio times).
AND as the corrected radius arms will turn the differential nose back and thus make driveshaft angles worse while the corrected swivel arms will let the diff stay with the nose pointed upwards. Maybe that´s an advantage for the U-joints.

plenty of guys over here run oem swivel balls that have the holes slotted to allow for rotation.

Serg

The arms were made by QT. Turns out that the fully drilled arms were made as display samples. Somehow this set ended up on a truck. The vendor that sold them has since gone out of business.

Dave Marsh at QT has been more than helpfull in correcting this issue and supplying new arms.

Oddly the ones I have from QT are also fully drilled as are every other pair I have seen in the UK,
I may drop Dave a Line if he is saying fully drilled are not to be used as they are "display items"

plenty of guys over here run oem swivel balls that have the holes slotted to allow for rotation.

Hi,

Basically I would have preferred the non-slotted version - would have thought that heavy braking could make them slide within the slots. But obviously that´s not an issue as plenty are in use and problems never been reported. So depends on which ones are easier to get I gues.