Weak spot in rodeos

Mine is a 91 model and is a fantastic workhorse, has done the great endeavour twice (got a great pic of it flying through the air, yeeehaaaa!!) spent 5 years running all over town each day and now it's my hubby's car.
He just goes n goes n goes.
Supporting rodeos too.

cack

Nah!!! Love my choice of vehicle, was more curious if anyone else has had a similar problem. Or if it was more a case of one rock in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I have a Jackaroo with the same setup, ie cluch actuators hanging off the front axle to engage 4WD. Haven't damaged it at all, but have got a dent in the sump, so I have occasionally thought a bash plate would be a nice thing to have to cover both exposed areas.

Good Morning Andrew

We have taken our Rodeo into places where mere Patrols & Cruisers have had all sorts of problems and breakages - and the Rodeo has come thru unscathed.
Can't help with the hub activation, as ours in manual engage. Don't have a bash plate, but a laminated carbon fibre 'skid' plate attached to the underside of the (ARB) bullbar back to the cross member behind the lowest part of the sump. Does offer some protection to the sump and front diff.
With a little bit of preparation (esp. in the suspension department), and sensible driving- the Rodeo is a very capable vehicle.
Just had a great weekend thru the fire trails between Wombeyan & Jenolan Caves. Few creek crossing with roughish entrys & exits- we had no probs but a Hilux with us did drag a bit.
Have fun and Happy Trails.

I was just wondering Andrew on why you had to make a comment on other makes when your question was about the Rodeo?

I just love it when claims a made with comments such as "We have taken our Rodeo into places where mere Patrols & Cruisers have had all sorts of problems and breakages - and the Rodeo has come thru unscathed." I met a bloke in a pub once who said "I can take my Falcon ute anywhere you can take your 4x4!" Yeah!

Most 4x4's are capable of going extraordinary places. It's the drivers that may not have the knowledge on how to operate them that sets them back

The early model Isuzu Utes were a good little 4x4's and sold well world wide. They are still very popular in Africa. Later models are more sophisticated and comfortable. I have learned on this forum of Rodeos having chassis problems with cracks happening but surely Isuzu has rectified this by now. All smaller utes with 'wind up' suspensions and limited front wheel travel could be exposed to underbelly damage and so a bash plate would be a good investment.

Remote entry system OK?

Yeah thats what i was looking at too. Take off the thin tin shield that does nothing and get a plate made that goes back to the cross member.

Who is Ms Lucy????? is there something I have missed?

Was chatting with a Rodeo owner in Weipa recently, he was a grader driver in NSW. His company has and has had dozens of every variant of 4wd truck - Hilux, Navara, Landy, Triton, etc.

He chose Rodeo to spend his own hard-earned on.

Have never heard of a Rodeo bending a chassis, nothing's impossible, but I don't buy it.

Gerhard,
The bent chassis happens to the dual cabs. The owners have a habit of putting all the heavy stuff into the tray, and 90% of the tray sits behind the rear axle, so they can have a fairly substantial levering effect when travelling rough terrain. When the chassis bends, the gap between cab and tray opens up. I've seen a rodeo out in the Great Vic Desert with this happen - he had a dual cab with a camper on his tray. Also saw a Hilux badly bent - he'd just towed a large camper trailer across the Simpson desert and had way too much drawbar weight.

Rodeos are good vehicles - just have to be careful with weight distribution on the dual cabs.