Thread: Series III V8 Special Edition????

Originally Posted by isuzurover

..I remember reading that someone thought ENV meant Eaton Number 5 (V)???

AFAIK there aren't any lockers for an Eaton either, but could be wrong. Handbuilt on pirate4x4.com built an Eaton for the front of his landie, so knows a bit about them.

Eaton No. 5 sounds logical, but weren't Eaton Number 5s a two speed diff? It was in the casting on the back of the housing.

Just out of historical interest, the first air locker that Mal Story ever made was on an ENV for his "Sidewinder" 4 wheel steering project.

The diffs were eventually removed in favour of Salisburys only because of the marketing potential. The ENV's were sold off to a forward control and as luck would have it, 1 halfshaft Mal made for a spare set of Maxi axles for my project was sold to the same vehicle currently with Mals ENV.

I was considering investigating if we could have a Detroit Locker gear-set fitted inside an ENV hemisphere. (I have a couple to play with.)

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Eaton No. 5 sounds logical, but weren't Eaton Number 5s a two speed diff? It was in the casting on the back of the housing.

Just out of historical interest, the first air locker that Mal Story ever made was on an ENV for his "Sidewinder" 4 wheel steering project.

The diffs were eventually removed in favour of Salisburys only because of the marketing potential. The ENV's were sold off to a forward control and as luck would have it, 1 halfshaft Mal made for a spare set of Maxi axles for my project was sold to the same vehicle currently with Mals ENV.

I was considering investigating if we could have a Detroit Locker gear-set fitted inside an ENV hemisphere. (I have a couple to play with.)

Diana

Eaton #4 and #5 rear diffs were built for 8tonne trucks, also used in bogie drive setups, they were usually 2 speed and weigh over half a tonne (complete), the #4 was the smaller of the 2 and the #5 usually has air operated S-cam brakes and Spider 5 or 6 spoke hubs, a lot of jap trucks Fuso, Isuzu tippers were converted to #5 Eatons because they were much stronger than the jap axles, Regards Frank.