Friday, Sep 08, 2006 at 10:16
Banjo,
I did have a situation on the Canning this year.
There were 4 100 series vehicles, all were turbo diesel, independent front end.
They all had after market
suspension fitted (shocks all round and rear coils) but only one had changed the front torsion bars.One vehicle had the rear coils replaced with air bags.
On the section that is marked on the map as having bad
corrugations( I have not seen any good
corrugations) just before
Well 33, this is what happened.
Vehicle 1 Bilstein shocks all round, Lovell coils on the rear, Lovell torsion bars at the front, 2 people in the vehicle, roof top tent, weight 4t+.
Vehicle 2 Bilstein shocks all round, rear coils replaced with air bags, std torsion bars at the front, 2 people in the vehicle, roof rack overloaded, weight 4t+
Vehicle 3 Bilstein shocks all round, Lovell coils on the rear, Lovell torsion bar on the front, 2 people in the vehicle, roof rack loaded, weight 4t+
Vehicle 4 OME shocks all round, Lovell coils on the rear, std torsion bars on the front, 2 people in the vehicle, no roof rack, 3t+
Vehicles 1 & 2 had both front shocks fail. They wanted to travel slow over the
corrugations and stop after 5 minutes to allow the shocks to cool.
Vehicles 3 & 4 travelled at 70kph and didn't have a shock or front
suspension problem.
All the other vehicles except one also got through with out shock problems. The other vehicle was a Hilux with independent front end and it blew a front shock.
To me, this makes me think that driving at a pace that allows the vehicle to ride on top of the
corrugations and keeping the weight down on the roof rack and in the vehicle will allow the vehicle to travel over the
corrugations with the least amount of damage.
Wayne
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