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Anyone had sore inside elbow tendons from motorcycling (golfers elbow)? If so how did you help it?

Nope, I just get sore shoulders and neck.

"motorcycling" LOL. Too much wanking over the boxer??

I have that, but thought it came from typing, or sleeping on my arm. I still have it. Can no longer completely straighten my right arm.

The bar bend has a bit to do with that...

Hmmm yes. all of those replies have merit. I feel it most when using the mouse funnily enough. I have a suspicion it may be due to pressure from the pressure suit - I might cut a hole on the inside of the sleeve & see if that makes a difference.

Anyway back to Clint & his glory box

Brake bleeding, if its a pain in the ass, there is usualy something simple wrong. Check the basics as its usually them.
Disc or Drum? If its drum ensure they are adjusted correctly first. make sure cylinders have the bleeders at the highest point (yes I have seen them installed upside down). Master cylinder mounting angle is another problem (sometimes) with modified vehicles.
If all else fails resort to LandRover tactics (bloody pommie shits of things to bleed). Two man (or if Rosie is involved two person) operation.
Start at furtherest point,
Open bleeder
Push pedal halfway to floor, allow to return slowly to top, brief pause, then shove the bugger down to the floor as hard and fast as you can.
Close bleeder and allow pedal to return to raised position, wait a few seconds then repeat
Good luck

Angle of your wrist mate
Serious (yeah not like me at all is it), try changing the position of your handle bars as if the angles from your arms through your wrists are not correct (comfort dont mean right) you will get arm problems.

Less wanking and coffee may help also

I had mine operated on twice- tendonitis - from swinging a hammer for 25yrs. There are some exercises you can do like hold your arm out straight and flex your hand forward and back (ooh you are awful but I like you). doing the same thing with a small weight in your hand (tin bake beans) will also help to stretch the tendon and free it up.

If it persists you can see a physio for treatment. Orthopaedic surgeons will most likely try cortisone on it - which can help if you get it early enough. You can buy a band that velcros tight around your forearm which will relieve the pain while your using your arm (riding/other?), didn't work for me as it kept falling off.

if you go to the doctor or physio its better if you can remember the exact date you fell and banged your elbow otherwise mr ACC finds it difficult to assist you if they view it as a repetitive strain injury.

I got tendonitis in my right Archilles tendon from 3 weeks in the South Island trying to slow the Beemer down with the useless drum brake. Took a long time to come right. 18 months or so :eek1

After blowing the 'Cruiser rebuild budget on expensive but mostly invisible driveline bling a 'Dulux overhaul' was out of the question. So I settled for a cheap Crown roof paint overhaul instead





Flares to make it look slightly legal & re-engineering the old side bars next on the list.

Cheers
Clint

Cool looking wee wagon man. Scrubbed up alright

What were the driveline goodies?

Old conveyor belting makes good flares.

Looks like its got more ground clearance than a lot of hardcore enduro's. 42nd traverse machine for sure spectacular work Clint.

After changing one shock in the Bighorn last week that took way too long, I'm in awe of what you've done with your cruiser. Did you get the $99.00 shocks from supercheap too? - yours seem slightly higher than mine

Looks good!

Toyota 80 series Landcruiser rear axle with Eaton diff lock, Nissan GQ Safari/Patrol front axle, both with various bits modified & rebuilt.

The donor vehicle suspension linkages were used & modified to fit where needed. New chassis mounts fabricated for most bits.

On the way from Oz is a set of extra reduction transfer case gears to correct for the big rubber & the fact that the diffs are 4.11 vs the 4.88 original.

Just sourcing some flare material, conveyor belting I've seen is a bit heavy &/or floppy - they have to stick out a long way. A mate has used some 3mm polypropylene sheet with good results so going to try & get some of that.

~300mm under the diffs

Thanks! it has been a bit of work, real nice to finally have it coming together. Went for a 30km test drive just now, got it in 4wd on the gravel, went pretty well - no bad vibes or funky handling.
After struggling to find the right rear shocks locally I got some basic Rancho 5000s from Summit Racing in the US, only about $110ea landed. Fronts are my old ones but are limiting the travel, need to hunt down some longer ones for there too.

Cheers
Clint

If I come for a visit do you promise to take me out and scare me with it?
Nice colour, I'm thinking of painting the wee bus a similar colour so we can blend in with the surroundings whilst doing a bit of sneaky camping.

If you use anything too rigid you'll end up replacing it all the time or bending your guards, well, depending on the sort of wheeling you do. Mine wasn't as wide (75-100mm from memory) as yours will need to be but I kept it taunt and used a few extra bolts after I didn't like how they sat to start with and they were fine.

Nice combo on the diffs. You going to throw an LSD in the front?

Did you do the suspension work yourself?

Good effort and enjoy man!

Loving the colour of the truck Clint.

Have you looked at Jeep Wrangler flares?
I've seen some real wide ones from the Wrangler fitter to Land Rover Defenders and Suzuki SJ's.

These guys do flares up to 7" wide:
http://www.all4jeep.co.nz/index.php/products/exterior/fender-flares

Hell yeah! The test track is 10 min up the road A mate reckoned I should paint some faux army insignia on it to further lessen the chance of being told off for being in the wrong place or hooning

Dead right on getting just the right material for the flares, they will be getting a hiding.

The diff combo came about as the Nissan are big & cheap, 9" + , but have a centred rear diff would make for a lot of angle on my short rear driveshaft, the 80 series rear is also 9"+, the same width, has the offset to match the t-case, is a slightly stronger full floater & has a built in handbrake which the Nissan lacks. However the 80 series front is only an 8" centre...

Not really into LSD fronts, would like to put an Eaton electric locker in there too but not without uprated hubs plus cro-moly axles & CV's, which makes it about a $4K job, so not any time soon. Just having the rear locker is going to be a huge novelty, the cruiser has always needed it.

Apart from the cutting & shaping of the wheel arches which a mate helped with as he'd just done the same on his, everything in the current round of mods is my work. I talked to the certifier before starting, sent him some pics of my welding & got the go-ahead. Not all super pretty but will be strong.



All done with my TIG apart from the overhead sheetmetal work on the wheel arches where I had to give up & borrow a MIG

Thanks, it made economic sense to do the roof, the fence & the 4x4 all the same

Jeep flares is a really good idea. I think a mate with a jeep may have upgraded his a while back, should see if he has the stock ones around, could use them to check fitment.

Cheers
Clint

Three and a half minutes to go in the final,two points ahead and you are in the oppositions half playing a fricken good counter attacking team and you kick the ball to them??