http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74319

probably a good place to start!!!

For $3500.00 I'll go to 60s as well!:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Old Scout
For $3500.00 I'll go to 60s as well!:flipoff2:

yeah so would i but the FJ60 axles have more ground clearance and look more "rover". plus they run CVs in the front so you could keep your full time 4wd.

plus theyve got 4.88s amd a cable lockers!

money i dont have one way or another, though :(

There are a piss load of full time rigs running u joints!:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Old Scout
There are a piss load of full time rigs running u joints!:rolleyes:

yeah but im just talking from the typical land rover owners perspective :D

CVs would be easier to maintain in this situation because they are run in an oil/grease bath all the time. ujoints would work, but i dont think that they would have the same longevity in a full time application as a closed knuckle CV jointed axle when both are maintained the same way.

Originally posted by 9V


yeah but im just talking from the typical land rover owners perspective :D

CVs would be easier to maintain in this situation because they are run in an oil/grease bath all the time. ujoints would work, but i dont think that they would have the same longevity in a full time application as a closed knuckle CV jointed axle when both are maintained the same way.


YOUR :smokin: :smokin: There is nothing easy about a CV! I'll take a 14.00-25.00 joint over a 250.00 CV anyday!

Pop a grease gun on to the zerk, a few pumps and the "service" is done! 10 minutes tops!

Originally posted by Old Scout



YOUR :smokin: :smokin: There is nothing easy about a CV! I'll take a 14.00-25.00 joint over a 250.00 CV anyday!

Pop a grease gun on to the zerk, a few pumps and the "service" is done! 10 minutes tops!

AHHHHHHHH TAKE IT TO PMs OS!!!

:laughing: :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Old Scout



a few pumps and the "service" is done! 10 minutes tops!


Wow. My wife insists that I take at least 30 minutes to service her!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

Originally posted by redrangie



Wow. My wife insists that I take at least 30 minutes to service her!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

I agree. Once a week whether she needs it or not.

Originally posted by redrangie



Wow. My wife insists that I take at least 30 minutes to service her!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

Ther don't call me Jiffy Lube for nothing!:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Old Scout
There are a piss load of full time rigs running u joints!:rolleyes:

Old Scout, which rigs are running U-Joints with full-time 4wd?

I'll walk myself to the stupid newbie corner now...:flipoff2:

Well not that's it's a full-time t-case, but the Dodge PU's don't have hubs...Only a central disconnect on one side...So effectivly, there is always one u-joint spinning constantly.

Several early 4x's...Full size...Didn't have lockouts and were full time.

It's really not as big of a problem as most people think....Urban rumor spreading mostly has people thinking "I'll have horendous vibrations!"...When in reality there is some...But only minor while turning. Of course "tremendous vibrations" is anything remotely perceptable to 99.999% of Rover owners.

-D

LOL Doug,

My wife has been driving the disco around with a 6in bend in the tie rod, a tire with a broken belt, and an 89 RR shock as a steering damper.

At least I got the rock gaurd on there for the tie rod now.

Ron

Hey madcowdungbeetle,

My truck (80-incher) is running UJ's and it has run them on full-time 4wd, but now runs in part-time mostly.

Just FYI.

Thanks for the info Serious One and Rock Rover. I'm planning to under take a complete axle swap here in the very near future, and I think I'm gonna stick with my initial idea of using some Toy axles. I had gotten the urge to persue a D60 combo, but the weight, clearance issues, and the UJ's on my DD w/ lots of highway travel, have me convinced the Toy stuff is going to suit my purposes best, hopefully they will be able to hold up to some 36-38" SX's :D

-JC

hey madcow, if your elooking to run toy stuff and 38" SXs, then i would do this-

rover housings
redrilled for toy diffs
high pinion front
standard rear
Elockers
mcnamara full 30 spline in the rear
custom (warn) high strength 30 spline axleshafts in the front
CTM u joints
AVM locking hubs
Timm Cooper part time kit

all of the axle upgrades you will have to do on a toy to make it last on 38s too, so its just easier to do it in the rover housing and save the fab time for wheeling. you will get just as strong of a product in the end with a hell of a lot less work.

just IMO.

I was thinking more along the lines of complete FJ80 axles front and rear, takes care of everything and much more in one package.
As soon as I can sell some rover junk(jumpseats, lampguards, running boards, etc..), get settled into my new college and find a place to keep everything I'll try to get started.

JC

What is the width on the FJ80 axles?
Are they the same as the pickups?
The last thing I'd want is narrower axles.

If I recall they're about 1.5" wider than the Rover axle

Originally posted by evilfij
LOL Doug,

My wife has been driving the disco around with a 6in bend in the tie rod, a tire with a broken belt, and an 89 RR shock as a steering damper.

At least I got the rock gaurd on there for the tie rod now.

Ron

LOL! I should re-phrase my statement to say "....99.999% of MALE Rover owners consider imperceptible vibrations a problem."

I can't tell you how many new Rover owners (male) would come into the service center with 'vibrations over 65mph'...Only to find out that there rim was bent (slightly) and/or a huge glob of mud on the inside of the rim. Never been off-road eh?

Hell, I was in there often bitching about the infamous Rover drive-train clunk. I had just come out of a 91 4Runner and man...To hear from the dealer that a 3/8th's turn on the drive-shaft before gear 'slop' was taken up is "normal" just about put me over the edge. Heck, we all start out somewhere!

--D

Originally posted by RockRover



Hell, I was in there often bitching about the infamous Rover drive-train clunk. I had just come out of a 91 4Runner and man...To hear from the dealer that a 3/8th's turn on the drive-shaft before gear 'slop' was taken up is "normal" just about put me over the edge. Heck, we all start out somewhere!

--D

I used to love the look on the DR's and Lawyer's faces when they would ask about the "Clunk" and I told them that they "all" do it!

(deer in the headlights look),

Then some would get angry, and say that "this is a 40k luxury CAR and it SHOULDN'T do it!" I would just have to sit in smile... Sometimes I would get a "new body" rangie, and have a 73k "luxury car" clunk for 'em....