Slinky
10-09-2002, 03:48 PM
I'm trying to understand how it is that some folks (appears to be a northeastern U.S. phenomenon) refer to all drive axle assemblies as "rears?" In the past week I've seen something like this twice on Ebay: "The front rear is complete hub to hub, the back rear is missing drums." And today I see Toyota "front rears" for sale in this forum.
I think I vaguely remember a conversation with an axle salesman (yep, that's all he said he sold) while I was looking for a front driver side shaft assembly for my Ram's Dana 44. I kept reminding him "it's the front axle" because he kept telling me about how I might have better luck looking for a "used rear" at a wrecking yard.
road1will
10-09-2002, 03:50 PM
its not a front rear, its a front rearend :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:
get it straight pal :D
Funkel
10-09-2002, 03:51 PM
Which brings me to my least favorite slang for an axle centersection:
CHUNK
Who thought of that one and why does it bug me so damn much?
road1will
10-09-2002, 03:56 PM
wtf is wrong with chunk? its a big CHUNK of steel...
and its really centerchunk (all one word) :flipoff2:
who thought of "pig"? :D
Slinky
10-09-2002, 03:58 PM
"Chunk" might bug ya, but at least it makes some sense (big chunk of steel in the middle of the unit). But how does calling a front drive axle a "rear" make any sense at all?
I just thought of one exception when the terms "front rear" and "back rear" might be appropriate: a 6x6 has two rear drive axles.
Slinky
10-09-2002, 03:59 PM
Originally posted by 9V
wtf is wrong with chunk? its a big CHUNK of steel...
and its really centerchunk (all one word) :flipoff2:
who thought of "pig"? :D
Pig Iron?
Funkel
10-09-2002, 04:03 PM
Originally posted by 9V
wtf is wrong with chunk? its a big CHUNK of steel...
and its really centerchunk (all one word) :flipoff2:
who thought of "pig"? :D
Umm... maybe you should buy an IRON CHUNK!:flipoff2:
MellowYellow
10-09-2002, 04:10 PM
I’ve always referred to them as pumpkins.
“front rear” sounds pretty ridiculous.
"front axle" is a little vague as well, because I think of the round piece of metal in the housing or tube.
The more I read about axle assemblies on this site, the less I know.
:confused: :D
Just-fabricate-it
10-09-2002, 04:15 PM
I always knew them as 'pumpkins' or '3rd members' and that works no matter how many 'axles' you have. I'd say the 6x6 has 3 axles, front, rear, and intermediate. Back to your normally scheduled programming.
Hayraker
10-09-2002, 04:30 PM
That's what I grew up calling them here in Northeast Texas. It's because most people call differentials 'rear ends'. It is also because most people around here have 2wd vehicles so they refer to the front as a front rear end. My brother called my 60 front a rear end about 6 times in an hour the other day. "Damn thats a big ass rear end":flipoff2:
reddwarf
10-09-2002, 06:05 PM
yeah "rears"....what's up with that?! :rolleyes:
BillaVista
10-09-2002, 07:52 PM
Hayraker has it...at least that's the logic around here. Car people, and most hillbillies and Yokels call the differential or gears (pig, chunk, pumpkin, 3rd member, etc) a "rear end"...meaning the rear end of or last stage in the drivetrain or gear reduction of the vehicle. So when you have a 4wd, you also have a "front rear end".
Drives me nuts too! But if you say "front axle" here....you get a shaft!