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Wilky · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 21:41 Post subject: Laning Today NYM's

Laning today, the river crossing was lower than normal.

Little video

Couple of pics

If the rain's been heavy the water comes over the top of these stepping stones and it's a very lairy crossing then

Still a fair bit of snow around on the lanes

Couple of vids of Sheepwash Bank, they really don't do it justice

Andy bent his D/S trailing arm unbelievably badly after a hard landing on a large rock, it was making a racket and looked like he'd bent his exhaust and it was catching on his tyre, which partly it was, but his trailing arm was bent so badly that the rear axle had pulled round causing his D/S rear wheel to foul the front of the wheel arch, so in true Redneck engineering in the field style, we bent it back with the use of three bottle jacks and the handle of my Hi Lift. I haven't seen a trailing arm like that since I ripped one clean off the chassis a few years back.

Git R Done

And because I was at the front and had to keep running back to take a couple of pics, I thought I'd throw one in of mine, so it doesn't feel neglected Very Happy

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gary820 · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 21:54 Post subject:

Great pics, that ford was low!! Driven that when It's been over the stones before.

Hd trailing arms needed!! Use mine as a secondary slider lol.
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DYLAN · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 21:55 Post subject:

Nice pics

Q. Isn't that the puddle that killed Col's truck? Laughing

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mark 1 · * Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Posts: 29 Location: halifax

nice photos and vids was good day again

Wilky · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 22:10 Post subject:

DYLAN · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 22:19 Post subject:

DAVID's J99P · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 22:31 Post subject:

Looked a great day Cool

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adz1973 · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 23:02 Post subject:

Great pics a usual mate Cool

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darrenh · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 0:42 Post subject:

Certainly looked a good day out.

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Wilky · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:38 Post subject:

Here's how we managed to bend the trailing arm enough to get the bottle jacks in, we wedged the Hi Lift between the third member and the top of the trailing arm and then jumped on it.

I think we'll be welding some double V's on his trailing arms now, I've done this on drag links on live axles to stop them bending Very Happy

Steve looks like he's praying to the God of Andy's ar$e crack Embarassed

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stevie · ** Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 104 Location: yorkshire

nah, just didnt want to see his comb over !!!!

few more pics, even some of yours Embarassed

and a couple from last week;

think there may be a set of arms going to bobby bennetts very soon, Laughing

isuzusuzuki · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 18:10 Post subject:

zookburger · * Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 41 Location: nr Otley

Nice one Wilky Cool

Love the NYM
In the third sheepwash video had the silver truck snapped a shaft then?

mark 1 · * Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Posts: 29 Location: halifax

no no snaped shafts just bent rear trailing arm

Wilky · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:06 Post subject:

No but the noise sounded just like a shaft going, must have been the auto hub letting go, it sounded awful stood at the side of the motor, but it must have got it's teeth meshed back in again, it was OK after a couple of trys at the climb, then he bent his trailing arm as Mark says. The auto hubs want slinging in the bin.

We've broken loads of shafts on Sheepwash Bank in Suzukis, it can be a bit hard on them, three of us did one each in a qurter of an hour there one day.