35 INCH CLAWS ON GQ

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

Someone has told me that now i have 35 inch claws on the gq i will be snapping cvs left, right and centre. I have twin ARB lockers. They said they know a fella that snaps heaps now he has them on, but i don't know how he drives. Is there any truth in this Question

Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Location: Townsville/Middle Swan WA

but yes ... u will be snapping more then usual ... if ur goin wheelin try not to use ur front locker till u get really stuck ... then use it ... and try to keep the wheels straight while usin the front locker ....

it'll improve ur driving ....

i've snapped a few CV's on my ute and i've only got 32" rubber on atm

Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Brisbane

I've also seen a few break after front wheel lifts.. if you're accelerating as the wheels come back down, they don't seem to last long..

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

YEah I thought that. I shouldn't have to use the locker as much in the front i hope and certianly turning hard with power on would b a cause for havoc, but i hope they don't break as easy as i suspect. Might buy a spare just in case. I was looking at the strengthened ones but i thought it might create a problem elsewhere like th diff for instance?

Thanks

Red Rover

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO MY 285'S DOH Confused

Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Brisbane

Red Rover wrote:

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO MY 285'S DOH Confused

If they start breaking, just build it so they don't, but don't go down in tyre size.. That'd be depressing..

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

Link,

How do you build them so they don't break, if i may ask? Confused

Thanks Red Rover

Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Brisbane

Switch them for GU ones Very Happy

Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Location: Townsville/Middle Swan WA

u have to change the whole front diff to do that ...

an upgrade worth the $$$ if u got the $$$

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: ACT

you'll be right, just don't drive like a spastic. armsup

Joined: 07 Jan 2003 Location: Sitting on Miss Janes lap.

To prevent using the front locker unnesicerily paint a big $ sign on the switch, you will think twice every time you look at using that switch.

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

Isn't the gu housing wider? And yes i will try to go most places without the front locker, usless i need it of course. As a mate said if u r breaking cvs then u have to much traction in the first place-generally speaking. Anyone heard about the strengthened cvs u can buy - something like they have been heat treated?

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

Red Rover wrote:

Isn't the gu housing wider? And yes i will try to go most places without the front locker, usless i need it of course. As a mate said if u r breaking cvs then u have to much traction in the first place-generally speaking. Anyone heard about the strengthened cvs u can buy - something like they have been heat treated?

why bother printing this shit in Red, its the most c unt colour to see on this background, if you wanna be HTML god, just use something BRIGHT, or maybe just the white standard color??

Joined: 07 Jan 2003 Location: Sitting on Miss Janes lap.

Dont worry RED ROVER the rest of us understand. Wink

Joined: 22 Oct 2002

Drafty wrote:

To prevent using the front locker unnesicerily paint a big $ sign on the switch, you will think twice every time you look at using that switch.

Novel idea

Carlton ran them for AGES without dramas. A little spastic at times though. armsup

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: ACT

DirtPigs wrote:

Drafty wrote:

To prevent using the front locker unnesicerily paint a big $ sign on the switch, you will think twice every time you look at using that switch.

Novel idea

Carlton ran them for AGES without dramas. A little spastic at times though. armsup

they don't have enough traction to break matchsticks untill they are 6 months old anyway. Use this time to unspasticate you driving skills Very Happy

Joined: 14 Nov 2003

Stop sooking, and just drive it! Its not like you have that much power..... Cool

Or go fast enough to break anything. Twisted Evil

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

ok so u must know me or was team shitter a guess?

Joined: 21 Aug 2003 Location: penrith

I've got 37" claws on mine and i've only broken 1 cv (doing something stupid but necessary at the time. towing someone, in reverse, full lock, big rev's and bouncing. nissan cv's dont break as much as toyota items. (geez, will i cop a bashing over that won't i. but it is true)

Steve

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 6:22 pm

Breaking a CV is not the worst thing that can happen off road, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Deep scratches in paint are more annoying to me than a broken CV. As others have said, learning how to use lockers comes with time and lots of trails, don't rely on lockers to improve your driving skills, learn to use the round thing in front of you and the pedals under your feet, before you reach for the buttons. You will be a much better driver in the long run.

Some guys that I film in competition break 5 CV's in a weekend, and they drive prolly about average for competitors thesedays, so if you're just a weekend warrior, you might break one every six months. I don't drive as hard as most guys, but I've not broken one in the last three years, with JT2s on the wagon, ARB's F & R.

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

Yes getting used to a front air locker (previously had detroit front & rear ARB) Funny enough the claws where great and after heating the flares to bend the out the only place they hit was the rear inner on full compression. Man gotta love those claws. I didn't have to use the front locker much because it gripped so much - and no broken cvs! (yet) as they all said don't drive like a spaz and it'll do. Just thought i'd pass it on

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: Brisbane Southside

Do CV's break more easily on IFS rigs ?

Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Location: Townsville/Middle Swan WA

there ya go was out this afternoon havin a play on some hard stuff in the dust bowl creek and boom a CV
armsup

Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Location: Redcliffe

Sorry i woke it up for you Crying or Very sad

I am sure my turn will come with a cv as it did with the old MQ