42 and the damage?

[Eskimo]

He should just buy my front axle that's for sale with the cromo axles & birfs already in it.. cut & turned, armored cover, yadda yadda...

 

[Tapage]

Dave, I think he thought you meant you wanted to put an 80 front axle in the rear.

Adapting 80 outer knuckles the a Cruiser 9.5" axle would indeed be pimp. I know where you can find the Longfields(hint, see sig)

At least SF axle from 60 - 60 Cruiser with poly performance axles ..

 

[35xj]

the plan is a cruiser rear axle, cut down, cruiser ball etc, grafted on to it.

 

[Eskimo]

the plan is a cruiser rear axle, cut down, cruiser ball etc, grafted on to it.

What's the advantage of doing that vs. just running a 40 or 62 front axle with the good stuff inside?

Hell, I'd prefer an offset diff.. the diff goes up when you climb with the tire...

I'm with Mace about the 80 vs. minitruck/40/60 ends..

 

[scottryana]

I love my Toyota parts, but I think that there are times when you need to understand their limits. If you are worried about clearance with your rear steer axle, maybe try a 60/9 hybrid axle. For rear steer I would have serious questions about the strength of the 80 birfs. Has anyone seen an 80 birf in Long's axle snapping machine? Ho does it stack up to the smaller LC birfs and the Dana equipment?

Ryan.

 

[Eskimo]

Has anyone seen an 80 birf in Long's axle snapping machine? Ho does it stack up to the smaller LC birfs and the Dana equipment?

IIRC from what Bobby told me, the stub off the birf fails first, followed closely by the 30 spline inner shaft on either the mini-size birf, or the 80 birf. This is, of course, assuming the drive flange is still intact.

 

[Arya Ebrahimi]

IIRC from what Bobby told me, the stub off the birf fails first, followed closely by the 30 spline inner shaft on either the mini-size birf, or the 80 birf. This is, of course, assuming the drive flange is still intact.

Soon the bell and outer shaft are going to be seperate because the shafts will break but not the bell. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper to manufacture them as seperate pieces. I'd imagine there's a lot of waste in making a birf, assuming it's machined from a solid chunk. Hmmm

 

[Mace]

Soon the bell and outer shaft are going to be seperate(new word?) because the shafts will break but not the bell. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper to manufacture them as seperate pieces. I'd imagine there's a lot of waste in making a birf, assuming it's machined from a solid chunk. Hmmm

Nope, you'll start ripping the knuckle apart..

 

[Tapage]

I know there are moments when you need ( or want ) more than Toyota stuff can do, V8 for example ..

I thought is the same case with rear steering, I'm not a Dana fan .. but rear steer it's ( again IMOP ) more than Toy axle can handle ..

 

[woody]

no chance a Toy axle will hold up in rear steer....I've broken Chromo front shafts and knuckles already, the added stress in a rear application wouldn't have a chance....

 

[orangefj45]

this thread reminds me of two things my gramps used to say;

"can't polish a turd' and "you can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***"!

kick down the $s for a d60 and build it. anything else will make chicken s*** salad!

 

[35xj]

i've got a pair of 60's here. but i really don't want a 60.

 

[Mace]

i've got a pair of 60's here. but i really don't want a 60.

Then you really like to repair things on the trail..

Get some 9" housings and do some hybrid axles..

Lighter and strong. At least give yourself a chance to make it off the trail.