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mux339:
Yeah, I agree, it looks like a very heavy duty leaf pack. Probably installed to provide for an exceptionally heavy load. Without seeing the damage to the RHS or the diff centre, I reckon it's possible that the LHS rear wheel bearing has seized, probably due to excessive load.

ian.gonzo:
Very little to add to this apart fromwhat was published on Pilbara Towing's site, that it was picked up from somewhere on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia, would hate to be paying for the towing, usually about $17,000.00 from anywhere along its length. The owners insurance supposably paying for it. Pilbara's reconing is too high tyre pressure, overloaded, too much speed caused damage. They are saying that this is not uncommon in earlier 14 to 16 model D' Maxes.

73SJR:
Never seen a cyclonc pre-filter on an Isuzu snorkel head either!

Freddie:
Just home from completing the Canning, well the part that is not flooded anyway.  2185kms or some serious offroad track.  Yes, it is a track, actually a stock route with a track down the middle of it.  Never been maintained.  Rocks, mud ruts, bull dust, clay pans, salt pans, sand, dirt, gravel, more rocks, 800 sand dunes, sticks and tree roots, and corrugations like I have never experienced.  I personally spoke to 7 vehicles who had replaced a total of 14 shock absorbers whilst on the track.  All due to over heating due to excessive loads and speeds.  Not that they admitted that.  On a 30km section of the worst corrugations, we stopped halfway for 30 minutes to let our shockies cool, something we did often.  We had only been travelling at between 10 and 15 kph due to the height and spacing of the corrugations.  We were running 16PSI COLD in our Toyos.  Were passed by three vehicles doing about 60kph and watching their suspensions working so hard was eye popping.  Some of the carnage on the CSR that we saw, proved beyond any doubt, that the advent of modern four wheel drives allows any inexperienced, uneducated, money is not a concern, fool to tackle some of the harshest country I have expereinced and generally survive to brag to their mates.  We survived because of planning, preparation and experince.  Others got lucky.

DannyG:

--- Quote from: Freddie on Aug 16, 2018, 12:26:04 PM ---Just home from completing the Canning, well the part that is not flooded anyway.  2185kms or some serious offroad track.  Yes, it is a track, actually a stock route with a track down the middle of it.  Never been maintained.  Rocks, mud ruts, bull dust, clay pans, salt pans, sand, dirt, gravel, more rocks, 800 sand dunes, sticks and tree roots, and corrugations like I have never experienced.  I personally spoke to 7 vehicles who had replaced a total of 14 shock absorbers whilst on the track.  All due to over heating due to excessive loads and speeds.  Not that they admitted that.  On a 30km section of the worst corrugations, we stopped halfway for 30 minutes to let our shockies cool, something we did often.  We had only been travelling at between 10 and 15 kph due to the height and spacing of the corrugations.  We were running 16PSI COLD in our Toyos.  Were passed by three vehicles doing about 60kph and watching their suspensions working so hard was eye popping.  Some of the carnage on the CSR that we saw, proved beyond any doubt, that the advent of modern four wheel drives allows any inexperienced, uneducated, money is not a concern, fool to tackle some of the harshest country I have expereinced and generally survive to brag to their mates.  We survived because of planning, preparation and experince.  Others got lucky.

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And that should be made post of the year!  :hello2: Not a truer word spoken.

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