doughie
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| posted on 21/5/13 at 06:41 PM |
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rear axle position
when offered up, the rear axle fouls the tunnel (off side) on my chassis 
is this a common thing? can i trim the casing fins to compensate? don't have a prop yet so unsure if this will foul too??
any help much appreciated...
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 21/5/13 at 06:49 PM |
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What axle are you using?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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doughie
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| posted on 21/5/13 at 07:42 PM |
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ooops - escort axle in a 'book' chassis
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DavidM
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| posted on 21/5/13 at 07:54 PM |
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The diff on an escort axle is offset from centre and your transmission tunnel should widen towards the back panel to allow for this. This also ensures
your propshaft doesn't run straight from your gearbox to your diff. You should widen the tunnel to miss the diff, not hack bits off the diff.
It should be something like this, although I didn't do mine exactly as the book which shows it widening on only one side of the tunnel:
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Also see here:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/3/viewthread.php?tid=10395
HTH
David
[Edited on 21/5/13 by DavidM]
[Edited on 21/5/13 by DavidM]
Proportion is Everything
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doughie
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| posted on 21/5/13 at 08:11 PM |
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Cheers David, thanks for the info and pics - your tunnel is much wider than mine - looks like i'll be chopping that bit out and re-doing it!!
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