Urgent Axle case advice needed

[cookie64]

hi all

the other day whilst hitting some particularly tricky greenlanes my friend managed to snap his front axle casing.

i have found a nice looking replacement on fleabay that ends this evening but in the description says 94-onwards and his is a 91

my questions are:

Is there a difference pre and post 94?

if so what are the differences?

thanks

tom

[Orgasmic Farmer]

Don't quote me but it was around that time that they changed from narrow radius arms to wider ones. The later axle casing will fit an earlier vehicle but you will need the radius arms to match. Otherwise I think the swivels/diff/shafts etc can swap straight over.

[cookie64]

ooo narrow to wide thats one i hadnt though of

[discomikey]

wasnt '94 the year they changed to 24 spline diffs? or am i just pondering over nothing again?

if so it doesent matter as long as you get a complete axle, or his current one is 24 spline.

p.s. how did he manage to SNAP an axle????? that deserves some serious points

[cookie64]

i dont think he deserves any points

every time i see his truck i point out things that are about to break and he ignores me, they then break haha

the morning before we went out i said your axle is F-in knackerd start looking for a replacement, his response was "errr it'll be ok"

what happened?? it snapped just next to the panhard rod mounting

internals dont matter as long as the case fits im hopeing to reuse his internals

[cookie64]

just had a mooch online and narrow arms are aparently 38mm wide while wide arms are 45mm wide, the change over from narrow to wide was in late 1993

do you think it would be ok to use narrow arms in a wide casing if i were to whip up some spacers on the lathe??

[discomikey]

i have a narrow gap axle casing at home, with radius arms to suit IIRC if that helps

[cookie64]

discomikey i have replyed to you in my wanted ad

[muddy]

If that's all that's snapped you can buy new brackets.

[cookie64]

its the tube of the axle casing that has failed not the actual bracket

[dirtyninety]

I have a complete axle here, with later style wide radius arms. 24 spline. £100

[Team Idris]

There are 6 and 7 bolt axels for the Prefix 'A' axel and the Prefix 'B' axel, where the chrome ball bolts on. (two bolts at bottom instead of one) The 'A' is narrow bushes. No idea when what did how?

[cookie64]

Ooo that's more info to the mix idris

I'll have to get under and count his bolts and then count mine

I think he has narrow and I have wide radius arms

[landroversforever]

Errr, Team Idris... I think you're getting confused with Series which are 6 bolt. My early front axle is 7 bolt as, I believe, are all coilers.

[Lewis]

Yours is early for a 90 Ross, don't forget there had been coiler axles around for 15years before your car was built

[landroversforever]

I realise that, but still not come across 6 bolt swivel balls other than on series. Happy to be corrected though?

[Dave W]

I realise that, but still not come across 6 bolt swivel balls other than on series. Happy to be corrected though?

They changed from 6 to 7 bolt in the mid to late 80s - I think around 1989 on RRCs. It's often overlooked that RRC were around in the early 70s !

My 1980 RRC had 6 bolt and my 1989 RRC had 7.

[landroversforever]

They changed from 6 to 7 bolt in the mid to late 80s - I think around 1989 on RRCs. It's often overlooked that RRC were around in the early 70s !

My 1980 RRC had 6 bolt and my 1989 RRC had 7.

Interesting. Thanks Dave... that's my something new learnt for today

[discomikey]

think it was only RRC 2 door (pretty much i dont know the exact change dates or models etc) that had the 6 bolt coiler swivels.

incidentally its what made my disk conversion so much more doable.