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He hadn't fitted them and there was no mention of loctite having been used on the threads of the rod or grub screw. I did a little more digging to see if anyone had reported problems with these extenders and found one post from a Suzuki owner saying his had come undone (on a slow bit of 4WD track - no drama) and appeared to be missing a grub screw that would have held it in place. Thanks for your comments guys, and the pic Glen (I did laugh out loud at the idea of getting that kind of torque out of my little 1.8!) When I first saw this style of extender, I wondered about that myself - however - in the years since then I have seen nothing to suggest it is a common occurence.Īnother approach to "locking" them together might be the use of a split lock washer like this.
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I wouldn't perform a mod like this on a road car. the vibration, harmonics, and steering action could loosen the fixture and also cause failure. Were you to 'fasten' or 'retain' this by way of scotch key etc. I would think it quite possible if not probable for this to 'unscrew' in time during normal use. Imagine a shaged bearing, working in one direction only, like a one way. Therefor it is in fact subjected to 'twisting' or torsional force. This bearing allows the strut to rotate on its axis with steering input. The shaft you have extended locates in the bearing the top of your strut right?
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Lets think about how Mac Phearson strut steering works for a minute. Has anyone got dimensions / CAD file for them? Has anyone already worked out how many degrees you would angle them to maintain the propshaft angle? maybe I should ask about getting diff spacers done at the same time as the spacers. I won't fit the spacers now without also dropping the diff - I'm thinking 25mm spacers and 35-40mm diff drop. Spring preload is now 80mm (110mm is standard, I had 130mm after ftting the new struts)Īny more droop than this would need some rerouting of brakelines and dropping the diff. So the net result of fitting these extenders is:
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This is how it looks with the full 50mm hanging down: The brake hose looks over-stretched in this pic because of the angle - it isn't. I certainly wouldn't want to go any further, and its possible this is too far.
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This is at full droop, plus 50mm over standard. I was able to wind them in a bit by clamping them using an old cambelt and using a shifting spanner on the sliced out section. I'm confident they're going to stay connected. I talked to the engineer about putting in a set screw and he felt it wasn't necessary as there's no twisting force acting on the strut rod.
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These great ideas are not mine - they are products that are already on the market, maybe just not available for the Pajero iO - they can be bought "off the shelf" for Suzukis, which is the other thing in my background, I have been a long term Suzuki owner (I currently have two), from a family of Suzuki owners (all told we have had ten or eleven), dating back to the two-stroke LJ series Suzukis - I would describe myself as a competent "back yard" mechanic, and probably the only thing I won't get into is an automatic transmission.
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I currently run my own third part support business providing warranty support for Dell & HP/Compaq. I am QBE (Qualified By Experience) and "factory trained" with the likes of NCR, IBM, Eaton Powerware, and more recently Dell & HP/Compaq. Given the length of the strut top that screws into the extender, I would think the probability of the strut breaking or cracking at the joint is minimal - there may be a bigger issue of it unscrewing as there is no way to hold the strut rod firmly whilst you screw the extender on - hence the suggestions for thread locker or a set screw.Īs far as the question of what I do goes - I would not consider myself as having an engineering background - I certainly don't have a degree - it is a technical background, 30+ years in IT support - dating back to an era when there was no such thing as a degree in computer science and IT support meant lugging around an oscilloscope & a soldering iron, rather than the "part swap" approach that it currently is. There's no reason it should crack or break.