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jimthesail - 15/4/11 at 07:34 PM

Ahoy !
Bought a kit of bits to make De Dion axles which appears to be a bit of a pot mess !
Can anyone tell me the origin of an irs system narrower than a Sierra.
The jig I have has two settings and I am not sure of the narrower track version.
Also can you use Sierra rear irs set up as a De Dion on the original Locost ?
Cheers Jim


Antnicuk - 15/4/11 at 08:34 PM

the fisher fury IRS system is sierra based but several inches narrower. Its the same width as an english axle and uses cut down sierra shafts.


snapper - 16/4/11 at 05:57 AM

GavinC did this conversion on a book chassis using a standard width Sierra axle and DedDion, had to weld the trailing link bracket to the DeDion tube further inboard to meet up with the chassis brackets.
Simples