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We have stock wheels that balance the weight closer to over the hub bearing whereas wheels that extend further lateral move those forces away from the bearing and load the bearing eccentrically causing the spindle in effect to point upwards somewhat and place more stresses on the bearing and the...
Our vehicles do not have straight axles going from side to side and our spindles might only be 10 inches long. On the rear axle for a solid axle, the bearings don’t take too much additional stress with extended wheels. They have a long cantilever to counterbalance. On those same vehicles the...
He needs to open the current unit and identify what went bad. Might be simple or might be expensive. Might need new alternator. Might only need regulator. Might have fried a simple spring on a brush. Might just need to fix a loose wire. Might meet new stator in which case the entire unit is...
When you hit a dysfunctional PCB and it starts to work it means a solenoid is going bad. Look up my thread where I collaborated with others on how to build a DIY PCB or PM me if you wanna buy one.
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RR vs Jeep is a long ways away from RR vs HMMWV.
HMMWV’s long wheel base and wide wheel base and roughly 6-1 gear ratio with huge wheel travel and 37” tires is amazing.
What grade stainless did you use? I guess the screws were perhaps lower in chromium content. There are different grades. Stainless I use in surgery is much less corrosion sensitive to many commercial applications.
The OP is mounting to Aluminum and Steel surfaces. There will be some corrosion...
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