Looking for axles, trans.

[DesertLake]

Time to uh, shoot or get off the...spot on the pig project.

I'm going to be looking for 62 axles, preferably FF rear, and a NV4500 for the pig. I can find them elsewhere and spend a lot of money on shipping, can you guys tell me good places to look locally or within borrowed pickup truck distance?

[locrwln1]

Glad to hear you are getting serious. The 62's never came with full floating rear axles in the states. The only place I know of to get them are places like Spector, Man-a-fre or one of the Canadian importers. Bayshore Trucking in Sparks used to have nv4500's, they are an authorized rebuilder for them, so they usually have a few lying around (or used to).

Jack

[DesertLake]

Yeah, up until recently I wasn't sure if I'd still have a job this year so I wasn't spending money. The bad news is, the money I didn't spend was in the market.

[chicago]

PM Krokar...
He's the local LC parts guy.
Try www.crusierparts.net as well. I think I saw some FF rears on there.

K

[rusty_tlc]

Just a thought but didn't John have a set of 80 axles he was trying to move?

[slvrbck]

Originally Posted by rusty_tlc

just a thought but didn't john have a set of 80 axles he was trying to move?

a ff 80??

[locrwln1]

Originally Posted by slvrbck

a ff 80??

Nope, his rear axle was semi-float.

Jack

[slvrbck]

Oh ok, I was about to throw my bid in on that business!!

[DesertLake]

Thanks Jack, I talked to Bayshore this morning and they do still handle the NV4500. They seemed very helpful.

On a completely unrelated note, does anyone have a rebuildable NV4500 core that they would like me to dispose of?

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by locrwln1

Nope, his rear axle was semi-float.

Jack

A 55 on 80 axles would look cool though.

[slvrbck]

Originally Posted by rusty_tlc

A 55 on 80 axles would look cool though.

Very true! 55's look rad beefed up! That Redline 55 on tons makes me cry every time I see it.

[DesertLake]

I cold swear I saw a 55 body on an 80 somewhere on the forums. Very cool.

[slvrbck]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

I cold swear I saw a 55 body on an 80 somewhere on the forums. Very cool.

Proly so, the hardcore forum has some stuff like that.

[DirtyHarry]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

I cold swear I saw a 55 body on an 80 somewhere on the forums. Very cool.

Andre/DieselCruiserHead has one.

[Cruiserdrew]

Originally Posted by DirtyHarry

Andre/DieselCruiserHead has one.

I think his is on 60 axles.

BTW-An 80 series rear axle would make a decent swap into an FJ62. It's wide, but you could make it work. The front would not, because the steering arm is on the bottom of the knuckle, and the one available high steer option is imaginative but not really right. So it makes getting the steering right really difficult and puts the tie rod down low in an unprotected spot.

A better but fairly expensive option, would be a D60 high pinion front modified for width, and an 80 rear.

I gave all of this a bunch of thought before springing over my FJ60 and for simplicity went with FJ62 axles, with long term D60s not ruled out.

[DirtyHarry]

Originally Posted by Cruiserdrew

I think his is on 60 axles.

Andre's previous 55 had a 60 front axle and mini truck rear axle, but his new one is an FJ80 chassis, suspension, and axles with a 55 body and 4BT engine.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...d-sad-day.html

[Cruiserdrew]

I think EricV has a build going with a 60 body and an 80 chassis.

Lowtide did the same, only he used an early 80 series and swapped in a manual transmission and split case transfer. that one he actually got together and finished.

Lots of cool and funky swaps out there.


My thinking on a lot of this has changed with my FJ62. It has significantly more power than a 60, and runs down the highway really well. That 3FE motor is a really good motor for swaps and trades, since it has stand alone EFI, AND will bolt up to a traditional Land Cruiser manual transmission bellhousing. That opens the door to all kinds of swaps that are already worked out in the Land Cruiser world.

The later 80 series while wonderful vehicles in every way and the best stock Cruiser ever, really does not take well to swaps and trades, and essentially forces you to run a stock driveline.

It sounds like this build is going the GM/Chevy direction anyway, which makes all of this moot.

[DesertLake]

This one's already a Goodwrench, but it always needed that overdrive.

[DesertLake]

Does anybody here have any experience with HST springs? Thoughts?

[DesertLake]

Another question for the locals...

I'm considering a NP203 doubler on the NV4500. If I understand correctly, all that is required is to drill and tap the NP203 case to mate to the NV4500, and a shortened output shaft from the NV4500. If I've got that right, is there a good local shop that can do the work?

[chicago]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

Another question for the locals...

I'm considering a NP203 doubler on the NV4500. If I understand correctly, all that is required is to drill and tap the NP203 case to mate to the NV4500, and a shortened output shaft from the NV4500. If I've got that right, is there a good local shop that can do the work?

The place where I had my injectors rebuilt does ALL KINDS of stuff including machining.Fuel injection specialist or something like that.Prices were reasonable and they were really cool guyz too. They took me around the shop in back. Id check them out.K

[locrwln1]

Here is a tranny for you. Might even be able to talk him down some.

NV 4500 5spd From '93 GMC-Just Rebuilt

Jack

[DesertLake]

I've run into a possible problem with the whole NV4500 plan, after watching Lil'John's build. If I get it sorted out this weekend I'll definitely give him a call.

Thanks Jack

[CancerCruiser]

A good Trans shop in reno is Trans Craft. He has done some work for me, and Mike is a really nice guy. He has done alot of different kind of trans mods.