Thread: Front Axle Question

It will fit a later series one with the wide front springs & rear shackles.
Wheel track will be a little wider so you should also put a series 2 or series 3 back end in it as well. Using standard rims the outside of the tyre will be in line with the body work

Thanks Goingbush looks like I will have to find a rear one as well.

Cheers Jeff

[QUOTE=outback jeff;1652303]Thanks Goingbush looks like I will have to find a rear one as well.

Cheers Jeff[/what do you need to keep to s1 jim

Originally Posted by outback jeff

Thanks Goingbush looks like I will have to find a rear one as well.

Cheers Jeff

One thing to watch The rear one will need to be from a SWB unless your prepared to move the spring perches as the LWB springs are on the outside of the chassis rails instead of directly under them.
..Don

Thanks Don, I'll keep that in mind

Jim, the front axle I have is in need of a major overhaul and I was just trying to find an option that doesn't cost as much. Do you have front Series I axles for sale?

Cheers Jeff

Originally Posted by outback jeff

Thanks Don, I'll keep that in mind

Jim, the front axle I have is in need of a major overhaul and I was just trying to find an option that doesn't cost as much. Do you have front Series I axles for sale?

Cheers Jeff

yes i have for sale ring me n 0428732001

Originally Posted by russellrovers

yes i have for sale ring me n 0428732001

Thanks Jim, it will be later in the week , I'm out on site for a few days.

Cheers Jeff

A bit more work, but probably not any more expense - just swap all the bits from the later axle, keeping only the axle housing and half axles - I'm pretty certain everything else will fit.

A few things to watch in either case - Most threads on the S1 will be BSF, but S3 will be UNF with maybe some metric if it is late. A particular thing to watch is tie rod ends. Tie rod ends from Series 1 up to early Series 3 used a shank into the tube with about a centimetre unthreaded. Later S3 are fully threaded. These two types must be matched between the tie rod end and the thread - failure to do so has resulted in fatal accidents. The thread on the taper bit that goes through the hole in the arm does not matter, and the tapers are all the same.

John