Solid axel conversion for brumby

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:09 am

+1 for the rubber flap idea

My 84 4WD wagon had little flaps than hung down in front of the CV boots.

This is a scan from the "Four Wheel Driving with Subaru" handbook

Im sure it wouldnt take much to knock up something like this

It is gonna be 1000 times cheaper than a full live rear axle setup.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:38 am

i don't think live-axles are the premier solution any more....
as evidenced by the likes of many 4wd makes, and hummer, trucks - kamatz, etc
besides WTF is the idea of a subaru to be a rock hopper ?

i recall a few years ago seeing the Subaru rally team use rubber covers suspended below the inner cvs. they were also using something for the outers i think, but can't recall enough, and can't find the pics.

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:00 am

hey brumby runner, great pics of the live axle soobs

i was considering doing the same thing to a brumby a while back. as a rock crawler..

but subaru not haveing a suitable chassis to modify, especially for a triangulated 4link such as the one pictured, and i was concerned it would just damage the body too much. but 4link and hilux diffs as hes got i reckon is the way foreward

not biased or anything

instead of doing a brumby for myself., i ended up doing 4link and hilux diffs to a dihatsu scat for my rock crawler.

and im gonna leave my brumby project for the road :P

dave

mcbrat · Post by **mcbrat** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:14 am

detailed pics here....
http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/1982 ... dbrat.html

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:25 pm

mcbrat wrote:detailed pics here....
http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/1982 ... dbrat.html

:shock::shock::shock: AWESOME !!

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:40 pm

well sorry to upset you all but i intend on live axle coil springing a sherpa/fiori offroad only of course

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:04 am

mud_king91 wrote:well sorry to upset you all but i intend on live axle coil springing a sherpa/fiori offroad only of course

ok sounds interesting... will need pictures and medication to suit desired project

TOONGA

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:15 am

TOONGA wrote:ok sounds interesting... will need pictures and medication to suit desired project

TOONGA

BAHAHAHAHA im starting jan 1st just to gauge exactly how long it takes yes you will all get pics and medication ? you mean steroids for the car right ?

Post by **Alex** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:24 am

i'll believe it when i see it.

once you start thinking about it 99.9% of these ideas never take off.

if you do it, good job.

spike · Post by **spike** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:34 pm

Alex wrote:i'll believe it when i see it.

once you start thinking about it 99.9% of these ideas never take off.

if you do it, good job.

it sounds like its going to be more of tube chassis with a fiori body, not really hard when you think about it. consider the number of them that are out there with different bodies?

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:01 pm

spike wrote:it sounds like its going to be more of tube chassis with a fiori body, not really hard when you think about it. consider the number of them that are out there with different bodies?

i know and no matter which way i work it i have to make a tube chassis to hold the engine and box i havnt even considered the springs yet

spike · Post by **spike** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:19 pm

get onto the hard core rock crawling sites and see how they do it. most are full tube chassis with a body dropped on top.
from the little things ive picked up GU axles front and rear, 4 link set up, due to the problem of having no engine room youd want to run a EJ turbo or somthing

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:22 pm

exactly and due to that i cant justify doing it sure if i were into comp spec then it would be worht doing problem is doing all that work and its not worth much... might put it off till i find a use for a comp truck... and have a vehicle that,ll tow it

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:35 am

yeahs and getting a car past regency for on the road is not gonna happen like that. But its a good plan hahha

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:01 am

iv heard the hilux/landcruiser chassis with a different body generally works tho... maybe ill give that a go later in life

spike · Post by **spike** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:26 pm

the hilux is somwhat common, brumby's and MY have been done. id look into somthing like a vitara or sieera and drop the body on top