dt21jb
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:05 PM |
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sierra diff
will this have to shortened in width way to go on a standard locost chassis
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StevieB
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:19 PM |
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God no!
There are 2 sizes of sierra diff - 9" and 9 1/2". The thing to do is either get the right one to fit your chassis design, or mount the
brackets to suit your diff.
Are you building the chassis yourself or buying a kit?
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Guinness
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:28 PM |
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cough 7" and 7 1/2" cough
to fit in a book width chassis best bet is to get the drive shafts shortened, or use different offset rear wheels.
but as you will be departing from the book chassis if you go independant rear suspension you might as well wait for the next edition of the book,
which is sierra based.
as discussed in this thread
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=50734
cheers
mike
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dt21jb
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:29 PM |
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diff
i'm building the chassis my self. where do you measure the diff.
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StevieB
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
cough 7" and 7 1/2" cough
to fit in a book width chassis best bet is to get the drive shafts shortened, or use different offset rear wheels.
but as you will be departing from the book chassis if you go independant rear suspension you might as well wait for the next edition of the book,
which is sierra based.
as discussed in this thread
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=50734
cheers
mike
We're all entiltles to mistakes occassionally (I just seem to have somkeone elses quota as well! )
Measure the diff across the top mounting bracket (I think)
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Simon
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 07:50 PM |
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One driveshaft is shorter than the other, so use two short ones, and offset diff slightly!
ATB
Simon
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Liam
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 09:53 PM |
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Hello...
Think there's confusion here. Are you talking about the diff itself, or the whole axle width - i.e. the diff + driveshafts?
You certainly dont need to (and couldn't) narrow the diff. You dont need to shorten the driveshafts either - you just need wide rear
arches (about 12" for a book-width chassis, commonly available from the many manafacturers that use the standard sierra axle with a book-width
chassis. But if you want the car to be as narrow overall as a book car, then yes you do need to shorten the sierra driveshafts.
Liam
[Edited on 11/9/06 by Liam]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 07:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dt21jb
i'm building the chassis my self. where do you measure the diff.
Try here: FSOC - it'll get you started
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