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chrissy m Gate Opener
Joined: 25 Jul 2015 Odometer: 4 Location: wigan
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:48 pm Post subject: front live axle fourtrak independent
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Now then evry1
im new, bin browsing the site for months but unable to sign up due to problems with the registration page.
anyway im Chris from Wigan. Iv recently started getting back into offroading and got myself a tidy fourtrak independent for the right money. I used it standard with 31 tyres for a month or so and did a few green lanes up the lake district with no problems apart from damaging the back bumper which iv now replaced with a heavy duty one. Since then iv replaced the tyres with larger 285/75/16 goodyear wrangler tyres and lifted it around 2 inches (springs and shocks rear. Wound up torsion bar front)
anyway iv since revisited the same lanes and found that winding up the torsion bars has in my opinion wrecked the ride altogether and made it less capable offroad. Anything more than a stony path and your getting thrown all over the cab the ride is that hard.
so my question is this... Are the live axles from the older leef fourtraks narrower than the independent or is it just the wheel offsets. I really want to go live axle but don't really want to change the rear . Is ther any other options? Cheers on advance
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Xpajun Mud Obsessed
Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Odometer: 3245
1988 Mitsubishi Shogun
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mike328 Articulating
Joined: 10 Dec 2014 Odometer: 793 Location: Suffolk!
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:36 pm Post subject:
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And leafer (f70) axles are significantly narrower! just fitting massive offset wheels or spacers to make up for it would give you awful scrub radius and ruin steering
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chrissy m Gate Opener
Joined: 25 Jul 2015 Odometer: 4 Location: wigan
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:
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As i suspected. Cheers for the info. So i need start searching for a pair of toyota axles then? Or are ther others just as suitable (more readily available)
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mike328 Articulating
Joined: 10 Dec 2014 Odometer: 793 Location: Suffolk!
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:47 pm Post subject:
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there are particular years and models of Toyotas that the best axles come from. I don't know them off the top of my head, so I'd search here or google it!
Im slowly sorting g wagen axles to fit my f70 and its proving to be a pain in the ass and expensive so I great as they are I wouldn't recommend them.
I did re read your post and you said you did springs and shocks rear but didn't mention front shocks? are you sure that its not due to the new rear springs/shocks being too stiff or the front shocks being too short with wound up 'bars??
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sheepy Winch Assistant
Joined: 30 Sep 2014 Odometer: 74 Location: abergavenny
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:55 am Post subject:
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Mitsubishi shogun rear and lj70 front with 80 ring and pinion difflock all round and a super low gear ratio Do it right and you'll have an awsome off-roader capable of almost everything
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trok Gate Opener
Joined: 10 May 2015 Odometer: 11
1996 Daihatsu Fourtrak
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:46 pm Post subject:
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Sheepy had anyone done this shogun lj axle conversion on Fourtrak ???
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Ideacdea Banned!
Joined: 24 Nov 2015 Odometer: 2
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:55 am Post subject:
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I like this comment a lot. And follow-up forum on forever.
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trok Gate Opener
Joined: 10 May 2015 Odometer: 11
1996 Daihatsu Fourtrak
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject:
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I put a set of y61 patrol axles on my inde was a easy enough fit. Used trak rear suspension and all patrol set up in front.
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