wngrog
06-18-2002, 07:27 PM
I was at www.sunrayengineering.com today and saw their new 1550 knuckles they are building.
All I can say is Giddy-up!
They had them nex to a standard D60 setup and it looked like a D60 next to a D44.
They are designing their own knuckles in house and will be able to use these with their 1 ton 5 on 5.5 or 6 on 5.5 hybrid axles.
Tom says he thinks they will even be less expensive than the standard D60 stuff since he won't have to source donor axles.
He designed them mainly for those that are running rear steer D60 axles.
They are HUGE!
KAcrawler
06-18-2002, 09:59 PM
awesome now i know what i will go with if and when i ever do rear steer. a set of 1550 ctm's would hold up just fine in the rear. piss on rockwells
High5
06-18-2002, 10:03 PM
those would be sweet and i be a set of alloy axles could easily be made for them. the cool thing about using removeable yoke is if you did happen to break one of those giant joints and it messed up the yokes, you can just replace the yoke and not waste the entire shaft. any idea on cost?
Chris Geiger
06-18-2002, 10:22 PM
What's the whole axle cost?
reddwarf
06-18-2002, 10:25 PM
I would squash a lot of bugs to get my hands on a set of shafts with removeable yokes!
Man, I neeeeeed that.........
wngrog
06-19-2002, 03:09 AM
Shoot them an email on the price....
High5
06-19-2002, 03:56 AM
Originally posted by wngrog
Shoot them an email on the price....
i shotr them an e-mail requesting the price including 35spline inner and outter alloy shafts. we'll see. seems like a beefy product! i may have to start saving my pocket change!!!:D
madmarx
06-19-2002, 05:40 AM
Keep us posted on what you hear back from them..
jeeper111
06-19-2002, 10:28 AM
If you are going to make custom knuckles for 60s why stop at 15 series I would just make weld on flanges. One side for round tube and the other for square that would bolt together. Then you could put rockwell outers on a 60 and have a real set of U-joints without all the weight of those huge top loaders. Ofcourse your drive shaft wouldn't come in 6 inches higher but it wouldn't be too bad if you ran one of those weak ass high pinions! :laughing: :bounce2: :shaking:
onetonwillysands10
06-19-2002, 06:08 PM
Looks like the guys at Sunray engineering are up to some good things. However, I know the 1510 joint and I think the 1530 joint use the same size bearing cap as a 1480 u-joint;but, with a longer cross..So doe sthe 1550 series joint have a bigger bearing cap along with a longer and wider cross?
High5
06-19-2002, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by Madmarx
Keep us posted on what you hear back from them..
i recieved an e-mail this morning and this is a complete knuckle assy. these joints will not fit in a standard 60 knuckle assy. they are currently not offering alloy shafts either, although i'm sure it could happen. they did not have a price as of yet and they are not for sale as of yet. they did say they would be ready in the very near future. so.....
66CJdean
06-19-2002, 06:45 PM
You could call up Mark Williams and get some double splined 300M shafts from them for this setup. It would be spendy!
Ben W
06-19-2002, 07:18 PM
Are they using Spicer yokes or custom?
High5
06-19-2002, 08:00 PM
Originally posted by Ben W
Are they using Spicer yokes or custom?
custom