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Hello everyone
My hzj75 overland camper project here in Denmark is moving along (slowly) and should have a "finished" box within a couple of months.
Then I need to fix a few things on the car. One of them is a worry I have had for some time and that I hope you can give some advice on.
Chassis torsion! Is this something I should worry about on a hzj75? What is your experience?
My setup is a demountable camper box made of 30mm GFK sandwich panels. I do not have a steel support frame in the floor in order to keep the weight down.
The box is mounted with ratchet straps onto an aluminum tray which is bolted directly to the original mounting points on the chassis frame.
Right now not even the original rubber discs are being used, just metal on metal.
I am worried that chassis torsion is going to move up through the tray and put stress on the rigid camper box.
So can anyone tell how much torsion twist there is on the classic HZJ chassis frame and does anyone have any experience combating this?
I was thinking of just using the original rubber discs that the original tray is mounted with. Or will I have to upgrade and used springs or additional rubber between the chassis frame and aluminum tray?
I have attached a couple of pictures of the setup.
My hzj75 overland camper project here in Denmark is moving along (slowly) and should have a "finished" box within a couple of months.
Then I need to fix a few things on the car. One of them is a worry I have had for some time and that I hope you can give some advice on.
Chassis torsion! Is this something I should worry about on a hzj75? What is your experience?
My setup is a demountable camper box made of 30mm GFK sandwich panels. I do not have a steel support frame in the floor in order to keep the weight down.
The box is mounted with ratchet straps onto an aluminum tray which is bolted directly to the original mounting points on the chassis frame.
Right now not even the original rubber discs are being used, just metal on metal.
I am worried that chassis torsion is going to move up through the tray and put stress on the rigid camper box.
So can anyone tell how much torsion twist there is on the classic HZJ chassis frame and does anyone have any experience combating this?
I was thinking of just using the original rubber discs that the original tray is mounted with. Or will I have to upgrade and used springs or additional rubber between the chassis frame and aluminum tray?
I have attached a couple of pictures of the setup.