I don't know if this will be any help, or not, but I was noticing today
that the axles on the old Toyota Land Cruiser have the differential offset
to the same side as the Land-Rover. I don't know if there is aftermarket
out there for the Land Cruiser axles or how strong the axles in the Land
Cruiser are, but I thought it might we worth bringing up.
Also, I've noticed that in the case of Dodges with Cummins diesels and
Fords with Powerstrokes the rear-end gearing options they mention are still
the standard 3.7 and 4.1. I assume this must mean that the transmission
gearing is somehow different with these engines. Does anyone know any more?
Robert S. Cascaddan, MBA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Leon Morin" <offroaddesign@softhome.net>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [lro] Forward control question
>
> > You're running a torquey 6 and want to run 9.00-16s? I'm running a
> torquey V8
> > and 35s and have yet (two years) to have a problem with my stock front
> end. If
> > you are running an open diff I don't think you'll have a problem with
the
> diff.
> > If you run an aftermarket carrier (ARB, Detroit) then you have even less
> reason
> > to be concerned.
>
> The 10 spline front end that's in a series is substantially stronger than
> the same in the coiler variety. Range rovers and 90s with the small 10
> spline axles are notorious for breakage at the CV. It's a well known fact
in
> the coiler world that I'm living on borrowed time, failure isn't a
> possibility, it's an eventuality. With the pretty low gears and torque,
I'm
> very worried about it. This isn't upgrading "just in case". I haven't
broken
> these parts yet because I've been taking it easy and driving really
smooth.
>
> The rear's a joke. I used to snap rover axles like twigs, and these,
> although slightly better metallurgy, are almost as weak. I'm driving very
> carefully and avoiding shock loading as I'd really like them to last until
> the replacement axles are ready.
>
> The other reason I'm thinking of going really beefy with the axles is that
I
> have been working up to an engine swap, to a diesel. I'm not quite yet
ready
> to tell the world what I've got planned for it (no Pete, not a GM), but
> it's going to be heavy, therefore needing a very heavy duty front axle.
I've
> heard of bent series front axles cases on 88's with Perkins conversions,
so
> I'm trying to stay away from the welded steel axle casing of the rover
axles
> if I can, because the pressed in tubes and cast housing of the D60 is made
> to support more weight. Ground clearance is a good point, though. If I
could
> build a 62" wide U jointed rover front axle with discs and locking hubs
I'd
> be set. However, that's not possible without some major work, and it might
> still be too weak for the weight of the engine.
>
> J-L
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