roybatty666 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi All Looking to do the old rear axel swap form a Disco to lose the drum brakes as I believe it is a straight swap (I have a nice transmission lft to help things along) My question is if the Disco A frame is also interchangeable as mine is looking a little worse for wear and rather than restore it if I can get one with the Disco Axel that would be Ideal. Thanks in adfvance and for all the really useful info on this forum, I have spent the last week reading it front to back. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bertha Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Yup, just take the disco axle, complete with the A frame attached... its all interchangable and saves you having to suffer getting the A frame ball joint out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 TBH if its all off its the perfect time to be changing the balljoint and bushes anyway so i wouldn't use that as an excuse not to change them. I got the balljoint out with an 8lb sledgehammer and a big socket with the a frame sitting on some wooden blocks, pretty easy to do with it off the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roybatty666 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 I was thinking of changing the bushes to poly ones while I had the back off, and as I have 10 ton press at home getting the old ones out will be no problem. I even scarily bought a Radius arm bush insertion tool which has yet to come out the rapper! I am a bit torn as to whether to swap diffs as mine were reconned 7500 miles ago. The other option is to just use the diff in the new axel use the other for a locker convertion, although there can't be much of the diff that issued in the convertion? Surely they just nick the crown gear off it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muther Trucker Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 suppose it depends if the diffs are both the same number of splines??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roybatty666 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 suppose it depends if the diffs are both the same number of splines??? True Short of pulling the half shfts is there a way to tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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