doka wheel carrier part 1

[axeman]

Forget wood. You should do this for a living Neil

i am not that clever i just know people that are and make me look good.

neil

[hotpod]

i cant quite see from the pictures if you could get two wheels on the truck if you had another carrier on the other side.
and looking back throught the thread, you lengthened the bottom horizontal so that the wheel cleared the rear dropside. is that because it was easier than adjusting the bottom bracket and setting the pivot point further out? a combination of the two might be a good solution ( for mk2 of course)
but is there a reason that the pivot is as inboard as it is?
and i cant quite see whats going on with the early pics. it looks as though you have it bolted through the body work as well as bolted to the tow bracket?

[axeman]

i dont know if you cab see but i have shortened and welded up the ends of my rear bumper. learnt quickly that any thing that overhangs can get ripped off very easterly.my bumpers are about 30mm shorter than standard. and i made the mount to to be as close to the edge of the bumper, i originally drilled and taped the bottom pivot in the center of the bracket, but it once every thing was made it became obvouse that the pivot point needs to be as close the possible to the out side edge of the van, so i moved it over be 50mm to the out side of the bracket. now every cloud has a silver lining and all that. the origional hole and thead i will drill out and fit a pip pin as another security/safety measure


i still was not clearing the drop side (on the side) with the tyre on, so i hade to lenthen the lower arm by about 150mm. there is a lot of buggering about truing to get tube to fit inside tube but i found some that was close enough to do the job so all is good. with some careful measuring and depending on your wheel and tyre choices you could fit a matching pair on the back of any van.


the bracket is attached only to the tow bar in my case a westy tow bar which is the thing of beauty in so far as the way in which it has been made. although i am conferdent with my welding this is the first time i have welded to structualy so where possible i also taped the m10x1.5 threads to join the plates together and to the tow bar body. as well as welding it all together.

i will take some more pics if you like?

neil