Today is my birthday and as any loving wife would do she asked my what I wanted to do.
My answer? Shorten the wheelbase of the Viking..
An so I did. What we came up with is that between the front and the rear leave spring mount there is exactly 1 meter 30, or in American 51”. Instead of cutting the frame, we just brought the axle forward and modified the front mounts.
Here the axle still in place:
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Here the rear mount:
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And the front one:
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Seeing they are identical, the holes line up easily. I bought some heavy duty drill’s 10mm (little under 4”) and drilled out the rivets. Easy job with a proper drill and drilling oil.
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We took of the front mounts from the spring for easy maneuvering.
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The back mounts lined up like a charm
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We used 10.9 bolts M12 (little over 7/16”) which we tightened to 110Nm (81ft-lb)
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We then modified the front mounts by cutting off the lip so we could mount them at any hight we wanted. So we measured 2,3 and 4 times, just to be sure!
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Then it was the fun part
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So what does it like like now?
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And the funny thing is, just by luck it is exactly the same lenth as the C10
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looks nice together
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Now it fit's in the garage
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All and All,
it took us exactly 4hrs to get the job done! (maybe because it's my birthday?? #happycamper
