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What do you think of this axle design??

OCNORB

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Saw this on another board. What would be it's disadvantages??

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OCNORB

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mbryson said:
Is that Chev IFS parts? Interesting concept. Nice ground clearance.....Curious about it...
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I think it's a chev center section, but it has Hummer portal ends welded on.

Seems like it would be great for a short wheelbase rig to keep the driveline angle s reasonable. The extra clearance wouldn't hurt either. I was thinking you could do something similiar with a Ford TTB front end. It would require some bombproof joints/ cv axles.
 
mbryson

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.......a few dollars more
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Kris K said:
It's a solding axle IFS. :D


Wouldn't the shafts still be really small?????
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Supposedly, the heavier setup for the K2500-3500 is respectably strong. I don't know how it would compare to a D44, though. Might be better than that, especially restricted within it's design element? Get those enginerds to run some numbers....:D
 
James K

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I remember that from a couple years ago. It looks like it would work well. But aren't those hummer portals prone to breakage?

there was also a rig that had a 60 center with knuckles on it about five years ago, I believe it was pappas offroad or something like that.
 
OCNORB

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James K said:
I remember that from a couple years ago. It looks like it would work well. But aren't those hummer portals prone to breakage?

there was also a rig that had a 60 center with knuckles on it about five years ago, I believe it was pappas offroad or something like that.
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I would think that it could be built without the Hummer portals and still give you a little more clearance. Much would depend on how high of an angle the CV 's could live with. They are stationary and not steering, so you may be able to push the numbers. 15 degrees with regular u-joints wouldn't give you much, but I don't know what angle cv can be run at continuously.
 
thenag

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rckcrlr said:
There are pics out there of one built off a TTB. It was a sort of boomerrang shape. Good idea, but ended up being pretty heavey and bulky.
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not much good can come from a ttb, other than shop art, oh my old one was donated and made into a engine stand (the lockout locks the moter in place)...
http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/showmedia.php?id=86534
http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/showmedia.php?id=173925

anyway

the boomerang shaped ttb arms i belive were so you didn't have to drop the center pivots on the ttb, in theory giving you more clearence in the center of the truck, but the diff was just about as close to the ground. also the shaft still has to go from left to right so it exposes your shaft a little so it was a lot of work or money for not much gain. I also think it would make the already bad steering worse.

there was also a company resizing f150/bronco ttb arms so they would bolt onto ranger/broncoII/explorers so you could have a d44 tbb on your small ford, again an expensive upgrade.

someone does make a kit to put portals on a king pin 60, i don't really think d60 king pins could really take the abuse locked with big tires. I mean it seems like you increase your leaver arm on the king pin in a way it was really never desigined to do. might hold up on a buggy

and i will comment on the original question too:
if he is not running portals it looks like he had an old IFS around and a bunch of tube, i give him credit for booty fab especially if it works. really the more i think about the more i like it, think about it, parts should be around everywhere, lets assume it is an old 3/4 ton chevy, shafts, bearings, avalible at any parts store, 8 lug to match up with front d60, disk brakes...

nathan
http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/detail.php?id=194
 
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