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11 Sep 2015 10:57 #151720 by mlines

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11/60 wrote: This is making me envious, keep up the good work. I have however got a question. I have read the full page from dutton and whilst it makes mention of axle suck and suitable ventilation of the case it doesn't make any mention of the front swivels being made water tight, which is likely to be an issue with the existing seals only being for dust? Are they just increasing the service intervals to say every full 20 hours under water or have they come up with a modification to preserve the cv and kingpin assembly, beyond over packing with waterproof grease?

They appear to be used un-modified, it also appears that they manually lock the hubs and do away with the vacuum system. I would have thought it might be useful to pressurised the swivel using the vacuum system or provide a fresh-water flush through the vacuum system to flush out the hubs from salt water.

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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16 Sep 2015 16:37 #152068 by Amphibian

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I've got one of these already. Needs a lot of maintenance but can be great fun. I went round the canals in Amsterdam last month.

Let us know how you're getting on.

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17 Sep 2015 20:11 #152143 by Rhinoman

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Amphibian wrote: I've got one of these already. Needs a lot of maintenance but can be great fun. I went round the canals in Amsterdam last month.

You cannot post something like that without a pics thread!

Some Suzukis and a bunch of motorcycles.

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17 Sep 2015 21:01 #152148 by X8GGY

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Rhinoman wrote:
Amphibian wrote: I've got one of these already. Needs a lot of maintenance but can be great fun. I went round the canals in Amsterdam last month.

You cannot post something like that without a pics thread!

What he said ^^^^

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17 Sep 2015 21:09 #152150 by Keithy

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Rhinoman wrote:
Amphibian wrote: I've got one of these already. Needs a lot of maintenance but can be great fun. I went round the canals in Amsterdam last month.

You cannot post something like that without a pics thread!

Exactly right......ban him!

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18 Sep 2015 11:33 #152182 by Amphibian

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There are a lot of vehicles in this, but there's a yellow Dutton (slightly older model) at 6:32.

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