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<blockquote data-quote="d_daffron" data-source="post: 726029" data-attributes="member: 4983"><p>Well I havnt had time to finish this post but heres a few more pics of the lower chassis. You can see the motor plate towards the front of the chassis, the engine and trans are also attached to the top side of the chassis but not the bottom which should help reduce stress on the drivetrain whenever the skidplates take a hard hit. <img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/12d9e46b16282483674ab734f77148bb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/d786b40a38c648e160ad3cbc6ef949bd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I guess I kinda lied when I said the Tcase was going to be the only expensive part on this buggy. To keep it light weight I knew I wanted a ford 9", and I wanted plenty of strength so I decided to build a custom axle, there arent a whole lot of pics of the axle building but honestly there was absolutely nothing to it. When I started this thing there werent a whole lot of people building rear axles with unit bearings. I made a call to CavFab to get a set of their unit bearing cups. Apparently they didnt sell well so they discontinued them but there was a set left on the shelf and they made me a killer deal on them. </p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/2a0f1ab3187fb33f524b7bd0737394ca.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I bought a trail gear 9" housing with 3.5" tubes and welded the unit bearing cups on the ends. I set it up where the shafts will be equal length and it'll be 70" wms to wms. I made some calls around and settled on Currie's 4340 40 spline shafts, theyre surprisingly affordable also. For the center section I went with a Yukon center with a steel spool and 3.90 "pro" gears with the 35spline pinion option. I bought the parts individually from Quick performance and set it up myself which saved me a decent bit of money. Using these parts I'm not to concerned with rear axle failures.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/2328ccd0efdd393a03f68a719a520bc4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />standard ford 9" pinion on top, standard dana 60 pinion in the middle and 35 spline ford 9" pro pinion on bottom.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/07f968ea65803d67782faace9c28c2fe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />currie 40 spline on left standard dana 35 spline on the right.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So if anyone's interested I'll include the parts I used to build this axle. I'm sure there may be a way to save a buck or two on it but I put in a good bit of research to find the best products at the best prices. I kind of wish I had just bit the bullet and bought Timken wheel bearings, but time will tell how these ebay jobs hold up. </p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/a9d327a1fc978ac6766b526915a2ba20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/e3a075af6f9a7b37f39ac06163987805.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/19f0cbfcf9fbbdda884f0a5194a47005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/7989e79288620f91f12d2f9e6f153677.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/7d8b87e8857372e18f98373c8918b885.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/97b743845c9e0f61d9d092d5c3101ff2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/5292fa2222e881ed1b8a5d2c1fa028f6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d_daffron, post: 726029, member: 4983"] Well I havnt had time to finish this post but heres a few more pics of the lower chassis. You can see the motor plate towards the front of the chassis, the engine and trans are also attached to the top side of the chassis but not the bottom which should help reduce stress on the drivetrain whenever the skidplates take a hard hit. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/12d9e46b16282483674ab734f77148bb.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/d786b40a38c648e160ad3cbc6ef949bd.jpg[/IMG] I guess I kinda lied when I said the Tcase was going to be the only expensive part on this buggy. To keep it light weight I knew I wanted a ford 9", and I wanted plenty of strength so I decided to build a custom axle, there arent a whole lot of pics of the axle building but honestly there was absolutely nothing to it. When I started this thing there werent a whole lot of people building rear axles with unit bearings. I made a call to CavFab to get a set of their unit bearing cups. Apparently they didnt sell well so they discontinued them but there was a set left on the shelf and they made me a killer deal on them. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/2a0f1ab3187fb33f524b7bd0737394ca.jpg[/IMG] I bought a trail gear 9" housing with 3.5" tubes and welded the unit bearing cups on the ends. I set it up where the shafts will be equal length and it'll be 70" wms to wms. I made some calls around and settled on Currie's 4340 40 spline shafts, theyre surprisingly affordable also. For the center section I went with a Yukon center with a steel spool and 3.90 "pro" gears with the 35spline pinion option. I bought the parts individually from Quick performance and set it up myself which saved me a decent bit of money. Using these parts I'm not to concerned with rear axle failures. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/2328ccd0efdd393a03f68a719a520bc4.jpg[/IMG]standard ford 9" pinion on top, standard dana 60 pinion in the middle and 35 spline ford 9" pro pinion on bottom. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/07f968ea65803d67782faace9c28c2fe.jpg[/IMG]currie 40 spline on left standard dana 35 spline on the right. So if anyone's interested I'll include the parts I used to build this axle. I'm sure there may be a way to save a buck or two on it but I put in a good bit of research to find the best products at the best prices. I kind of wish I had just bit the bullet and bought Timken wheel bearings, but time will tell how these ebay jobs hold up. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/a9d327a1fc978ac6766b526915a2ba20.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/e3a075af6f9a7b37f39ac06163987805.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/19f0cbfcf9fbbdda884f0a5194a47005.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/7989e79288620f91f12d2f9e6f153677.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/7d8b87e8857372e18f98373c8918b885.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/97b743845c9e0f61d9d092d5c3101ff2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181217/5292fa2222e881ed1b8a5d2c1fa028f6.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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