Cut and Turn of Mini truck Housing

[Isotel]

i am about to do a SAS for a friend using a Minitruck Toyota Axle.. I am assuming i can cut and turn the nuckles the same as a land cruiser axle..

Am i assuming corectly?

other question is what size is the mini Ring.. is it 7.5 or 8..

Axle came off of an 84 4x4 minitruck

Trevor

 

[Cube Dweller]

Don't know on the cut and turn.

The ring size is 8". 7.5" is used in the IFS housing. Pirate has a nice FAQ that's worth reading for the details on axles and gears.

tony

 

[hammerhead]

What are you putting the '84 front axle on? Toy mini axle doesn't usually need C&T.

Sacto is right, 8" ring...

 

[Isotel]

its going on an Isuzu Pickup Truck.. It looked to me that it wasent going to need the turn (still havent cut off the ifs yet.., but i was going to see here first to see it was possible..

 

[bkg]

Very possible...

Scott Wilson did an excellent write-up on the process on 4x4wire.com..

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/rotated_housing/

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Not only is it possible... it is very doable

I have dones several Cut/Turns for mini-truck guys... They have all turned out great. Many time the mini-trucks/4Runners have a long enough driveline to get away with a bad angle, BUT... a cut & turn gets the pinion out of the rocks and improves the handling of the vehicle (by turning up the caster for the bigger tires.)



http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/customfab.html

 

[teapot]

Not only is it possible... it is very doable

I have dones several Cut/Turns for mini-truck guys... They have all turned out great. Many time the mini-trucks/4Runners have a long enough driveline to get away with a bad angle, BUT... a cut & turn gets the pinion out of the rocks and improves the handling of the vehicle (by turning up the caster for the bigger tires.)



http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/customfab.html

I've learned something new everyday on this site.

 

[customcruiser]

i dont think you will have to cut and turn.....

the mini is already spring over the axle

i just read the tech article on 4x4 wire and i didnt have any of those problems although my pinion angle is about the same

have fun grinding!!

 

[MTNRAT]

Has anyone cut and turned an 80 series housing?
Sean.

 

[woody]

haven't heard of any 80-turns but the process is identical to everything else.....design-wise, they are the same.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Has anyone cut and turned an 80 series housing?
Sean.

Yup...