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brought a set of 60 diffs premodded to bolt under my 40 but theres no shocker mounts

i was thinkin about getting some weldon mounts from one of the 4x4 joints that make em and then i can position them lower so i can run a bit longer shock

whats the normal thing to do someone said run rear spring plates and use that but thats like 6" further than stock and well i dont need shocks that long


any ideas

pcman wrote:
whats the normal thing to do someone said run rear spring plates and use that but thats like 6" further than stock and well i dont need shocks that long


any ideas

everyone needs shocks that long

You talking front or back?

front

rear is all standard so its all good

60 front diff doesnt have the shock mounts ontop of the housing like the 40

Well i had a thread about this a while ago with a picture of one but the picture isn't working so the link is pretty useless. the one i was showed was i think just like C section steel (prob just get box and cut one edge off|) that he had welded onto the tube. so when u look down on the mount you see the C shape. he then just drilled holes through it and mounted the shock this way. i ended up just rewelding my schock mount back together instead of making a whole new one. hope this helped

pcman, I'm thinking about doing this same mod. I've got a complete 60 to use for donor parts. Any chance of you taking some photo's of the diffs with the mods to them and sending them up.
Running the tape over them, the spring mount near the pumpkin looks like it has to be a slight way up the centre. Be interested to see how the mods were done.
Send to corry@corrysplace.com if possible.

Much appreciated,
Corry

cheers hokey ill see what i come up with tho plans may have changed

ill get you some pics corry and email you

mine where premodified picked them up for a good price considering they are ready to bolt in

Just get daz to do a coil setup for you
Leaves are old

hokey wrote:Just get daz to do a coil setup for you
Leaves are old

coils are over rated. leaves have been on the rocks since before coils were invented, and they're still running strong

Yeh but i like more higher speed stuff like winch challenges and OBC but maybe thats not for pcman???

pcman wrote:brought a set of 60 diffs premodded to bolt under my 40

How has this been done on the front? I was going to do this on my 73 series but was told it wouldnt work successfully because the right hand spring mount would ride up the pumpkin, making it all uneven.
Could you get me some pics of what has been done.
Cheers.
Dave.

Hello.

patience sunshine

ill get some pics in daylight tomorrow and post up

midi73 wrote:

pcman wrote:brought a set of 60 diffs premodded to bolt under my 40

How has this been done on the front? I was going to do this on my 73 series but was told it wouldnt work successfully because the right hand spring mount would ride up the pumpkin, making it all uneven.
Could you get me some pics of what has been done.
Cheers.
Dave.

theres an easy fix for this

spring it over then you can make the spring mounts even again.

mines even and spring under
will take pics and post in daylight
ive got the front diff sitting in place but not bolted up yet
rear diff is awaiting discs so its in the shed on stands so ill take pics of it aswell


i dunno if he is on here buty he is signed up on 3rd rock rogues he is the guy i got the diffs from so drop him a pm im sure he can tell you more than i can

Sounds good look forward to pics

midi73 wrote:Sounds good look forward to pics

All you would have to do is make the spring perch the same distance from the midline of the diff on both sides(a truss across the underside of the diff.

easy to do, but you lose alot of ground clearance.

If you spring over and put a truss over the top if the diff all you are doing is increaseing your lift (may mean you need a flatter spring pack).

cant post pics here so i posted them over at 3rd rock

http://www.3rdrock4x4.com/forum/viewtop ... 4596#14596

pcman wrote:cant post pics here so i posted them over at 3rd rock

http://www.3rdrock4x4.com/forum/viewtop ... 4596#14596

theres no pics there

Shadow wrote:

pcman wrote:cant post pics here so i posted them over at 3rd rock

http://www.3rdrock4x4.com/forum/viewtop ... 4596#14596

theres no pics there

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ps normal easy to do
ds from behind the diff ubolt will actually go over the side of the center
ds front inner
ds front above

does the 73 series have an even smaller chassis spacing?

pretty sure 73 is the same width as a 40

are you going to use square ubolts over the ubolt perch thingo, or round ones over the axle tube?

Cause it looks like square ubolts will work on the spring perch hard up agains the diff centre, but obviously round ones wont. (you have round ones in the first pic, are these just temporary?)

im using the round ones on the passanger side as there brand new only been on my 40 for a few weeks
but drivers side will both be square just havnt got them yet

Thanks for those pics. Do you know if they used the origional mounts moved in or made up new ones.
Cheers.
Dave.

there origional but have been chopped to sit up on the pumpkin and not raise it higher than stock

Ok. I was looking at the 60 diffs that I have, and I cant see how they can be chopped anymore than they are. I will post a pic tomorrow.

midi73 wrote:Ok. I was looking at the 60 diffs that I have, and I cant see how they can be chopped anymore than they are. I will post a pic tomorrow.

Ok, here are some pics of standard 60 housing
Maybe there is enough room to cut it out. But I am not sure.

Could you post a pic of yours from the angle of the second pic.
Cheers.
Dave.