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Full floating rear axles

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:30 pm
by Barathrum
I thought this might be of some interest. Full floating rear axle kit.
I wonder what freight out here would be worth??
It could enable staying with Suzuki gear for a lot longer and avoiding some of the hassles of engineering associated with diff swaps.
http://www.worcester-networks.com/rsmfg/axle.htm

From a small thread on pirate
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=505564
Originally Posted by Stoo
I have the kit from rs-mfg on my truck - its good - and very simple, you get an adaptor plate that bolts to the end of the rear axle housing and then you can use the front hub assembly, including the disc brakes on the rear. You get new hardened shafts too.

Seems to work great on my truck, had a few issues with the bolts coming undone on the drive flanges but I think that is becuase of the locker.

Rob of RS mfg sends a lot of his gear to you guys in the US, he supplies some of the major dealers. He may not answer his emal very quickly though - he is very busy.

Stoo

Re: Full floating rear axles

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:46 am
by Damo
Barathrum wrote:I thought this might be of some interest. Full floating rear axle kit.
I wonder what freight out here would be worth??
It could enable staying with Suzuki gear for a lot longer and avoiding some of the hassles of engineering associated with diff swaps.
http://www.worcester-networks.com/rsmfg/axle.htm

From a small thread on pirate
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=505564
Originally Posted by Stoo
I have the kit from rs-mfg on my truck - its good - and very simple, you get an adaptor plate that bolts to the end of the rear axle housing and then you can use the front hub assembly, including the disc brakes on the rear. You get new hardened shafts too.

Seems to work great on my truck, had a few issues with the bolts coming undone on the drive flanges but I think that is becuase of the locker.

Rob of RS mfg sends a lot of his gear to you guys in the US, he supplies some of the major dealers. He may not answer his emal very quickly though - he is very busy.

Stoo
Cool idea, but would cost you a fair bit by the time you got it here. The price listed on the side for long & short shafts is 180 pound, which is about AUD$450. That is just for the shafts by the look of it, and not including freight, GST etc etc.

It wouldn't be that expensive to get the shafts made locally, but by the time you get the drive flanges done, plus whatever other bits you need the cost would be stacking up there too.