After several years I got round to fitting some extended rear arb drop plates and a home made spacers on the front arb after I fitted an OME 2inch lift suspension ( now settled in nicely ).....also fitted some of the nolathene bushes from Roughtrax .
Rear drop plates came from Benji Craddock and are his branded NBF Bespoke range of parts . Well made pieces of kit and in stainless so won't rust . I am impressed with his quick despatch and communication .... hopefully he will extend the range of "NBF Bespoke" parts for our Cruisers.
Front arb drop blocks were made from some 50 x 30 mm alloy bar I had ....don't know what grade alloy it is but it's not a soft alloy .... TBH it's probably a bit of aircraft ...
All the bolts except 1 came out of the chassis without any problem ... 1 waited until the last few threads before shearing.... drilling it out actually spun it through into the chassis so a result.
I took the opportunity to fit new arb bushes and this revealed the biggest surprise as despite the ARB's looking rust free ... when I took the U clamps off and took the bushes off the bar it was surprisingly rusty inside where the bush sat and would have been causing the arb to bind and stop a bit of flex . Cleaned up the rusty bits and repainted then fitted new bushes and end bushes to both arb's .
All the bolts were replaced using new Toyota ones apart from obviously the extended ones through the front arb spacer ...these were some I had in stock but were same as original in that they had the retained integral washer and spring washer .
Not sure in daily driving I will notice much difference but a short test up a potholed track ( Sussex word for a B road ;-) ) it did seem to be a bit more supple .
I may well be worth just dropping your U clamps on both ARBs and peeling the rubber bush off to check for a build up of rust...
Rear drop plates came from Benji Craddock and are his branded NBF Bespoke range of parts . Well made pieces of kit and in stainless so won't rust . I am impressed with his quick despatch and communication .... hopefully he will extend the range of "NBF Bespoke" parts for our Cruisers.
Front arb drop blocks were made from some 50 x 30 mm alloy bar I had ....don't know what grade alloy it is but it's not a soft alloy .... TBH it's probably a bit of aircraft ...
All the bolts except 1 came out of the chassis without any problem ... 1 waited until the last few threads before shearing.... drilling it out actually spun it through into the chassis so a result.
I took the opportunity to fit new arb bushes and this revealed the biggest surprise as despite the ARB's looking rust free ... when I took the U clamps off and took the bushes off the bar it was surprisingly rusty inside where the bush sat and would have been causing the arb to bind and stop a bit of flex . Cleaned up the rusty bits and repainted then fitted new bushes and end bushes to both arb's .
All the bolts were replaced using new Toyota ones apart from obviously the extended ones through the front arb spacer ...these were some I had in stock but were same as original in that they had the retained integral washer and spring washer .
Not sure in daily driving I will notice much difference but a short test up a potholed track ( Sussex word for a B road ;-) ) it did seem to be a bit more supple .
I may well be worth just dropping your U clamps on both ARBs and peeling the rubber bush off to check for a build up of rust...