Winch Bumpers and Portal axles
Hi All, is there any one else apart from ORC that sale winch bumpers and can any one else fit portal axles to my G as ORC told me they don't fit them any more. :cry:
Piggy ,
If you want portals wye not buy a pinzgauer or a unimog becouse a portal axled G will got at about 50mph on road if volvo portals are anything to go by .
Not meaning to course any offence.
Twodogs
That sounds a tad "anti competitive" or something similar in EU speak, surely a manufacturer cannot refuse to sell to a genunine purchaser?
Marcus
What are portal axels?
Think goalposts Dan, ie the axle is kept up mostly out of harms way, whilst at the hubs the drive is stepped down ( both in terms of revolutions and height ) with gears, lets the half shafts rotate faster than the wheels therefore reducing the torque, therefore the half shafts can be thinner, or last longer - depending on priorities.
Marcus
there is a guy in the midlands who could, his name is lee Bond, but dont do it. buy a 460 and use 404 mog axles and tow it around with your 400.
Here's my G on mog axles that will happily cruise at 60 mph
Dirtydiesel,
Very tidy looking truck, congrats on the fruits of your endevours.
But -- how does it rate for pedestrian friendleness ?
And are there a set of swing-out steps for access ?
Marcus
Lee bond can be contacted on 07961 245540.
He has a lot of experiance fitting unimog axles.
finally finished, looks a bit tipy overy. Is the 200tdi in it as well.
hey dirty, any chance of some more piccys of the rear and the way the winch on the front is tucked away, are you staying with the steel wheels or going for a wider tyre later.
It's not that tippy :D
It has a 300tdi in it but not for long though!
As for the steels they stay on for playing in this country, i'll have to have some custom rims made for the 15" wide boggers i'll need in russia.
More photo's can be found on my build thread on lr4x4
Dirtydiesel,
Did you defy gravity and roll uphill, OR bounce downhill -- OUCH , just I cannot see any damage to vegitation on the upper side of vehicle.
Marcus
OUCH AGAIN
cheviot 4x4 import outback import and maxi drive kit! portals are 6.5k maxidrive diffs are 1200/axle!!! or this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Unimog-Portal-Axles-for-Landrover-challenge-truck_...
been a couple of moggies go for 1700 ish recently if you have a good eye for a gas axe!
well spotted
that first unimog was very cheap
i know where there are 3 parked up in mid wales! dont know if they are for sale but dont look as if they moved for donkeys!!
I thought it looked a bit tippy overy. Your doing lagoda then. whats going in it next. 200tdi not man enough :roll:
Dirtydiesel,
Did you defy gravity and roll uphill, OR bounce downhill -- OUCH , just I cannot see any damage to vegitation on the upper side of vehicle.
Marcus
The back wheel fell into a bit of a hole, then i kept my foot down basically driving it onto it's roof :D
The only damage done was a small dent and scratch in the door where the door mirror folded into it.
The 300 is man enough, i'm just after something to really boil the bogs up.
I ma be tepted to put a 5 litre merc in it yet, at least it'd interest more of the merc bigots then!
Anyone know for one?
I have a 5.0 ltr with auto box thats only done 38,000 miles if your interested. Went to see Exact fabrication today in Northants to see about get ting roof chopped. He didn't smile much, does he not like Merc owners ??. does a nice job though.
Sorry to bump an old thread but I want to have a go at Unimog axles into a G. I've seen mog axles on eBay and the diff on the front axle seems to be in the middle of the Axle.
Can anyone tell me how this mod is done front and rear .... I'm intrigued
Gordon O
I think the standard mod is to shorten one side of the axle and relevant drive shaft to offset the diff so that it will then line up with the G transfer case.
I am not certain but I think it may be necessary to flip the axle as well to get the correct rotational direction for the diff so the hubs turn in the right direction !
If you have to make the above mods there would be a fair bit of work involved to cut and re-weld the axle and cut and re-spline the drive shaft. If the axle does have to be flipped then there would be a bit of fabrication work to relocate all the suspension mounting points etc.
You would be quite restricted by the Mogs hub gearing and would probably be looking at around 50mph max speed, which is just as well because you would also have the Mogs drum brakes.
I looked at doing this to my G several years ago and decided that fitting a set of bolt on portal hubs would be a much easier route. There are several companies that offer these now and many of them come with a disc brake option.
http://www.killeraxles.com/bolt_on_portale_e.html
Off course the easiest route if you want portal axles is to buy a Pinzgauer (like me).
I think the standard mod is to shorten one side of the axle and relevant drive shaft to offset the diff so that it will then line up with the G transfer case.
I am not certain but I think it may be necessary to flip the axle as well to get the correct rotational direction for the diff so the hubs turn in the right direction !
If you have to make the above mods there would be a fair bit of work involved to cut and re-weld the axle and cut and re-spline the drive shaft. If the axle does have to be flipped then there would be a bit of fabrication work to relocate all the suspension mounting points etc.
You would be quite restricted by the Mogs hub gearing and would probably be looking at around 50mph max speed, which is just as well because you would also have the Mogs drum brakes.
I looked at doing this to my G several years ago and decided that fitting a set of bolt on portal hubs would be a much easier route. There are several companies that offer these now and many of them come with a disc brake option.
http://www.killeraxles.com/bolt_on_portale_e.html
Off course the easiest route if you want portal axles is to buy a Pinzgauer (like me).
Or buy this , the new G500 on portal axles https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2Ck1TqdEo
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ORC were using new mog axles until recently but now merc won't let them have any more.