Monday, May 05, 2003 at 10:35
I had the problem...
Mine is a 4.2 TD GU and I used the ARB cradle, the inner guard started to crack after a year and a few trips (
Cape York) etc.
I found that the cradle became loose and that accelerated the process.
I removed the cradle (which is very strong and
well engineered and reinforced the inner guard with double skin and a brace, then remounted the cradle.
The factory one for the 24 volt models is different as it bolts differently (Similar to the right hand side) starting battery.
ARB said that other vehicles had even more trouble in this regard, Hilux was much worse they said.
Mine is now OK and it has endured many other trips (4 years old now)
ARB cradle mounts on the inner guard and has reinforcements to the top and it is quite good, other ones which don't have such reinforcements would be even worse.
The crack was only a couple of mm's big so I got it at an early stage which is lucky.
If you neglected this you would be up for big $$$ to fix it and the problem is that you don't realise until you have to remove that cradle...
I saw another one on a second hand yard which had had the cradle removed for the sale and it was cracked too....
Will
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