Cutting props

[landrover598]

I'm going to move the engine back a few inches (maybe a foot) in my new project disco, so whats the best way to cut'n'shut and lengthen the props ? Do they have to be 100% ballanced (on a non road going, off road vehicle)

I was thinking of sleaving them on the inside, with a few welds through the tube into the sleave and around the join

Any other ideas from a grown up please ?

[white90]

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=19477&hl=

[Mark90]

Dave are you keeping the 100" wheel base?

If so move it back 10" (IIRC) and you can swap the props front to back. This has been a common mod in comp safari circles for many years.

[dollythelw]

I could ask my mother in law to wash them for you Dave - she can shrink anything with her washing machine from hell

[FridgeFreezer]

@ Jez

The front-to-rear swap is a good one, Mike's Tomcat is done this way.

[protoprincess]

I could ask my mother in law to wash them for you Dave - she can shrink anything with her washing machine from hell

Just because she washed your brand new Lewis jeans on a 90° wash cycle

they did look cute and tiny, standing up all on their own after drying

aw

[landrover598]

Dave are you keeping the 100" wheel base?

If so move it back 10" (IIRC) and you can swap the props front to back. This has been a common mod in comp safari circles for many years.

Yes i will, that'll save me a lot of work, thanks Mark

I'll ask Mike for an exact measurment.