Thread: Classic Rangie & D1

ok so the axles & diff centers could just be swapped into my current housings no worries at all ??? both front & rear???

The 79 rangie has a 4.6l motor & goes like a train, but I want to stick with the fuel injected 3.5l motor for off road ability....

So after I change the axles & centers over, I will just put my current unlocked center's & standard axles in & resell it.... What do you lot reckon ?? Sounds like an economical way to get some lockers if you ask me & spend the money I recoup from the sale towards 4.11 ring & pinion gears

So if anyone can see a problem with this plan, please speak up & save me getting stuck with a rangie I can't use the parts from

I'm only going by what I've read on here, Gidget, and I'd recommend you have a search through the archives cos it's all been done before, but you will need some minor mods of the housings to fit the lockers. I'd check the number of splines on the axles too, I think they might only make the lockers for 24 spine but as I said before I'm only basing this on a faulty memory of what other people have said.

It will be a LOT cheaper than buying the lockers, esp after you flog off the bits you don't want (like the whole car with standard axles in it )

You will need to swap housings over, disc to disc, there is a lot of difference from 79 to your D1, the spindles and wheel hubs for starters, use the 79 front control arms, and your trailing arms, drag link and steeering arm will interchange, and you will have to change over the shock mount

Best way to do this is to cut a bracket of an old housing and weld on to the rear housing for the forward facing shock position, if this is not possible (dont have the equipment or ability) you can drill through the chassis moving the shock to the rear position, but please use a plate on the opposing side of the chassis, as you wont have in crush tubes

You will have no adverse effects from this

If you change lockers into your D1 housings......dont waste your time