Axel-Flip questions
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Used to have a 67 Dart that was my daily driver but getting kinda rusty and the pinion seal was taken out by some chicken wire after taking a short cut though a field and didn't know it was leaking until the gears let know they were dry. Had some fun with the /6 and 3.91 gears in the back. Did a few simple mods like flex fan, open air cleaner, straight pipe, good tune up etc. When it came time for it to go, I had a 'private' demo derby in a field with a dump truck load of dirt that had been there for a long time. The place had some big trees too which helped with the fun. Ended up twisting the thing....LF high, RR high. Went over the dirt hill several times before hitting it hard. Got good air but I didn't hit it dead center. The RR landed first and that made the LF hit hard. Bout jarred my teeth out lol but the car was still drivable and got back home with it.
It is either I busy myself by tinkering on the cars or post silly things on these forums. (Kidding)
Which do you prefer?
It is rainy today so I'm inside and away from the cars!
what about an A-100 rear axle? perches on top already...
Corrupt_Reverend
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Currently browsing the forums between meetings at work. Lol
340six
King Of Bling
Better to just put Hellwig bolt on helper springs. Than to put all the load on the shock mounts. The shock mount areas are not designed to carry a load.
340six
King Of Bling
Seen lots of those back in the day......they stiffen things up but don't create much height.
Corrupt_Reverend
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I wanna work with what I've got. Good idea though.
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
Just flip the perches. Read up on pinion angle before you weld them in the new position. For your goals you just need to be close enough.
How To Set Pinion Angle
I think it's AI.
But....
But....
That's AI
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
In high school I had air shocks and cranked up torsion bars and off roaded a lot. That poor car.
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I have never heard that term before I took it literally.
I would have said flip the perches.
I have seen people literally flip the diff on 4WD for ground clearance / pinion angle reasons.
I assume they have a reversing interface to keep forward forward
AI does not understand the difference between going in reverse and forward...
Axle flip?
It’s a pretty common term. Lots of use in the hot rod truck crowd that lower their trucks. If you search “flip kit” at summit you get about 100 different results for kits the have what you need to flip the perches and c-notch the rear frame rails.
Flipping the diff doesn’t work unless you like going the wrong direction. I know there is such a thing as reverse cut gears for certain heavy duty axles, but that’s not at all common.
There are high and low pinion versions of some axles, like the common Dana 44 and Dana 60 both have “high pinion” versions for more ground clearance. I have a high pinion D44 in my old Ford. Typically that’s what the 4x4 crowd wants.
That's probably what I'm thinking of
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
That video solved my vibation in my Tundra 2 piece drive shaft. I always had a vibration since I bought it 5 years ago. I marked everything and did center bearing and u joints (Spicer) still had it.
Well apparently someone before me didn't mark it and the phasing was off.
Thanks
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Swinger 340
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I have change locations of perches before and never had a problem. I removed the existing perches with a die grinder, carefully and reinstalled them where needed. Set the car with the rearend as needed and mark. Remove the rear and weld. I'm not a welder but I did do all the hard work. I did raise my B300 van by turning the shackles around.
Swinger 340
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I think it's AI.
But....
Does your car have on panties.
Please. No more tom cruise. That guy's a certified butthole.
I bet when it comes to **** it does.
I've never seen nor heard tell of anyone being stupid enough to actually flip an axle upside down. The only axle flip I've ever seen anyone do is flip the axle from the top to the bottom of the springs as in to raise a truck or go from the bottom to the top of the springs to lower it. Each time the perches are relocated to accommodate the axle in the new position. Flipping an axle upside down is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.
Mopar603
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Wouldn't look silly with the right wheel and tire configuration. Arent we all getting a little board with OE numbers perfection? I am. We don't have much time left with these cars, have fun.
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