Hilux issues
Submitted: Saturday, Feb 05, 2005 at 16:38
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Member Eric
As posted previously , we had a Hilux with the top of the canopy 10 mm out at the top of the roof as to the messuremens at the bottom . Had a bit of a play today and tried to tighten up front bolts to see if it could help .
Once i released the rear bolts , I noticed that
the tub lifted 3 to 4 mill of the chassis . I then tried to jack up the back of the tray to see if it changed the angle .
What did change the angle , was lifting the weight off the vehicle , By about 4 mm . So i jacked up the rear of the chassis from the rear bar and noticed a 6 mm flex at the cannopy roof to the vehicles roof. This shocked the hell out of me .
Why would the chassis flex , so much ? This vehicle has been fitted with heavy duity springs , rear bar , rear wheel carrier and long range tank . I have put it down to the height of the extras creating the flex to alter the roof to cannopy mesurements.
My Question now is , do all Hilux's flex so much ?
I am lost on this one .