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1/24 or 1/25 truck axles
matt
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2015 - 07:30 PM UTC
Anyone have a line on Drive axles (including a steerable one)??? I have a couple of these I want to convert to a 4x4 style...

(image from amazon)

I'm not having any luck finding any, I'd like them to look reasonably accurate.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 06:02 AM UTC
Matt, I have a few Dana 60 type rear axles in the spares box you're welcome too. Nothing steerable unfortunately.

There's always a few ratty half built turds floating around on Ebay that have some decent 4x4 parts. That's where I got the axles for my EOD campaign build a few years back.
matt
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 06:15 AM UTC
Dana,
I'm afraid the danas are too small for the F650..... I found some rockwells in 1:24 scale.....
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 05:26 AM UTC
Here's some Eaton axles that I was using on my EOD campaign build a few years ago. One owner and very little mileage on them if you think they'd work.






The lifting blocks can be cut out and the springs re positioned and the drive shafts can be shortened as well.
matt
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 05:36 AM UTC
PM sent!!
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 05:41 AM UTC
Cool man. Glad to help. Oh, they're $250.00 each....or you actually have to build something with them.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 07:40 AM UTC
Matt, please be warned that these parts have been sitting on a bench that is used mainly to build Hemi kits. It is highly likely that the bearings are already seized up and the diff completely shattered.

I wouldn't trust them.

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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 08:04 AM UTC
I have two resin /25 scale Rockwell axles from Saurkraut's Model Truck store still in the original bag. Neither are steerable. PM me if interested.
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Posted: Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 06:09 PM UTC
Matt, what about FAB Resin Works out of Buffalo? They might have what you need.

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Posted: Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 07:25 PM UTC
jimb - just bookmarked that FAB link. Never heard of them but looks like interesting products


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by VonCuda

Cool man. Glad to help. Oh, they're $250.00 each....or you actually have to build something with them.




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by AussieReg

Matt, please be warned that these parts have been sitting on a bench that is used mainly to build Hemi kits. It is highly likely that the bearings are already seized up and the diff completely shattered.

I wouldn't trust them.







matt
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Posted: Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 07:28 PM UTC
@Darrel - PM sent.

@Jim - I looked thru there earlier... and I wouldn;t put a Danan under anything larger than a 1 maybe a 1.25 ton truck. Too small for the F-650 (2 ton)

@KO - FAB is sold at one of my LHS... Hell it's within a couple blocks of our very own "Mother's" house.... The castings are awesome!!
matt
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 05:02 PM UTC
I have to throw a HUGE thanks to bot Hermon and Darrel!!! Hermons box made it half way up the east coast in 2 days... unexpectedly fast!!! & Darrel & I have a deal in the works.

Thanks Guys!!!!
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