Axel-Flip questions

Dana67Dart said

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

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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.