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- dandjcr
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The rear springs were resting on the buffers all the time but they kept the Oka level and we didn't notice any harshness. The springs were replaced before the next trip when I also upgraded to 20mm suspension pins and fitted airbags.
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- Peter_n_Margaret
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Next time you are along the Oodnadatta Track, see if you can find some old OTT wire. 8 gauge, soft and gal. Wonderful stuff.
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But that was the 3rd incarnation of the spring support.
Version 1 was a piece of wood from the side of the road:
The 2nd was half an aeon buffer (very hard to cut and drill), but only one wire thickness which flexed and broke.
Then came the pinnacle of outback ingenuity shown earlier, double wire thickness and rudimentary wire loop hinges to allow movement, plus a tether to stop them falling off if the wire did break. These provided many months of faithful support.
Still got some spare aeon buffers if anyone needs them.
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Cheers,
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Cheers, Peter.
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But have to ask: How long did it last?
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Peter_n_Margaret wrote: We need a new thread for "bush mechanics".
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Peter
Peter, good idea, these things crop up quite often so I've created a new category "Bush Mechanics" in the Campfire Section for collecting experiences we can smile at and/or learn from (and not necessarily from the Oka world).
I can move whole topics around but I'm not sure if I can extract individual posts from a topic like the previous few in this topic. I'll look into it.
Regards David
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Joe it was alive so moister was high, it is Mulga but I should have got a lighter rated one, I think the one I got was 10 tonne rated, it had very little flex and I have know doubt it could have made its way back to Perth but I thought it was not worth the risk as there were means to get it back to perth.
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