My Newest "Grassroot" Project

Ranger50 wrote: That is a nice stance. Looks like the axle could be flipped to put it back inline, if it's an old pulley on top arrangement. Brian

Doesnt all the fluid leak out ? haha

Ok so today i flipped the front axle, i figured that it would lower it just right....

Its tooooo low.

• Its so low that the crank pulley scrapes the ground.
• The front spindles will scrape the ground almost all the time.
• So low that during a turn the front wheels will actually hit the hood.

We need to re-evaluate this.

Can i run the axle upside down and shorten the spindles? this seems to work however all i have holding the whole shebang up is C- Clips and the does not seems safe.

The picture above shows the C clip. this would be on the bottom side and hardly seems safe. I was thinking of welding a washer in this in place of a C clip.

Im a bit stumped at this point

CarKid1989 wrote: maybe its late and thats causing me to scratch my head but can you explain that again. mostly from the suspension part down

So the axle mounts to the frame with a bracket that's on the bottom of the frame "pan." If you took the pan and flipped it over that bracket would now be on top instead of on the bottom. Then your axle goes back in right side up, but now the "pan" is hanging down from the axle instead of suspended above it. Same thing in the rear, the axle ends up above the pan instead of below.

Like turning a spring over axle into a spring under to lower a truck.

Of course you might just leave it flipped and go with some bigger tires on the front?

oldopelguy wrote:

CarKid1989 wrote: maybe its late and thats causing me to scratch my head but can you explain that again. mostly from the suspension part down

So the axle mounts to the frame with a bracket that's on the bottom of the frame "pan." If you took the pan and flipped it over that bracket would now be on top instead of on the bottom. Then your axle goes back in right side up, but now the "pan" is hanging down from the axle instead of suspended above it. Same thing in the rear, the axle ends up above the pan instead of below. Like turning a spring over axle into a spring under to lower a truck. Of course you might just leave it flipped and go with some bigger tires on the front?

Dunno how possible that is...

How is this project progressing? Have you tried NOS on it yet?