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60 diffs / torque bar in a 40
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:18 pm
by kranked_dirt
G'day, had a quick search but couldnt find what im looking for... I'm putting 60 diffs under my 40 and keeping it SUA. I also want to put a torque bar in the rear to keep everything solid and the pinion from moving. My problem is i have an 81 FJ40 with the fuel tank under the body, and i can't see where i can put a crossmember in to mount the bar to (see pics)... as the fuel tank is in the way.
has any one done this in a late model SWB 40 that can give me some advice??
Cheers,
Adam.
60 series diff stripped
view from behind rear diff looking fowrard... not much room...
You can kind of see here the distance from the rear diff to the fuel tank...
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:04 pm
by shorty_f0rty
i have seen a few guys in the US run it off the inner chassis rails (on the left of this pic)
you could probably search on
http://forum.ih8mud.com for more ideas..
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:03 pm
by kranked_dirt
thanks shorty_f0rty, that sounds alright, i'll check out that site as well, does any one have any pics of one set up??
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:55 pm
by STIKA
Run it backwards
i have run one for nearly 2 years now mounted off the bottom of the tow bar
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:50 am
by WICKED
STIKA wrote:Run it backwards
i have run one for nearly 2 years now mounted off the bottom of the tow bar
yep sounds funked but works really well!
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:25 am
by RAY185
I thought a torque rod wasnt needed for SUA.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:16 pm
by STIKA
I never have had any damage to my springs
But after adding the torque bar there was o lot more power to the ground and no vibration when spinning the wheels in wet or slippery conditions
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:28 pm
by kranked_dirt
Thanks for the ideas guys, that gives me a few things to work off. I had a look at ih8mud last night and saw alot of cool ideas there as well - a few people were mounting them off a beefy bash plate under the transfer, this may be an idea as well since i want to make a bash plate up