GU Spring towers
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 19:29
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Member - Errol (York WA)
Just uploaded a new photo of what i did to fix the spring towers on my gu cab chasis . From what i am told , it is a weakness in them ,but nobody could tell me how yo fix it . So if anybody's interested , i have put a photo of what i have dun to stop the problem . It is 1 of 4 , so if you want to see the rest , give me your e-mail , and i will send them to you . Errol
Reply By: Member - Craig D (SA) - Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 13:09
Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 13:09
Hi Errol, have sent you a members message.
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Follow Up By: Member - Errol (York WA) - Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 17:28
Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 17:28
Sorry Craig , cou'nt understand that address , send it to me in a member message . Errol
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Reply By: Squizzy - Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 13:20
Friday, Jul 14, 2006 at 13:20
Would like to see them Errol
geofftay at internode dot on dot net
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Reply By: beachbum - Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 10:04
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 10:04
Hi Errol and I had my right hand tower tear out of the Chassis. It is most certainly a problem and of course Nissan have never heard of it.
Mine was repaired at a one man engineering works outside of
Batchelor (N.T.) by making up a cross brace from 65x32x4 mil box section welded to two plates that bolt in to existing holes in the tower tops. I had seen a similar fix at TJM in
Rockhampton although I think it was just the box section welded to the tower tops. The section fitted to
mine was bent so that the plates matched the slope of the towers. It seems to always be the right hand tower as the left hand one has an unintentional (for this purpose) gusset. I was first told of the problem by a farmer and then by a tour operator but I dissmissed the idea after being told (by our Nissan dealer) that it would only happened to vehicles that were overloaded.
Mine is only used as a domestic vehicle and has never been overloaded but still broke. The leaf sprung versions are also prone to breaking their chassis in front of the front spring hanger,If you want to drop a line, my email is beachbumswil@bigpond.com Bye and travel safely
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