axle question for the 1:6 willys guru's out there...

[brandonwalsh420]

i have a dragon willys kit on its its way and i been thinking about axles... i was wondering if the gmc metalhead axles would work for my build?... or would they be too narrow?

heres a link
GCM Racing WebStore-2012 - MetalHead Axles Pre-Order

sorry if my question seems stupid

[Big Mike]

Holy Hell those are nice lookin' axles. No mention of any dimensions in the text though? Seems like an obvious oversight. Drop them an email and see if they'll give you a hex-to-hex measurement.

Originally Posted by brandonwalsh420

sorry if my question seems stupid

Not at all. The stupidest question is one you keep to yourself. Thats what this place is for.

I can tell you this much for sure - the Dragon tub is wider than a Hasbro tub. I'd bet the GCM axles will not be wide enough for you. Wraith axles might be a better choice. Or another option if you're dead-set on these axles (they are nice looking I gotta admit - and being made of steel opens up a lot of brazing possiblities for adding mount points, and you can hit them with browning solution when you're done for ultimate realism) would be bodywork. There's a build thread around somewhere where instead of widening the axles he narrowed the tub...

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by brandonwalsh420

i have a dragon willys kit on its its way and i been thinking about axles... i was wondering if the gmc metalhead axles would work for my build?... or would they be too narrow?

heres a link
GCM Racing WebStore-2012 - MetalHead Axles Pre-Order

sorry if my question seems stupid

The basic housings are exactly the same as a stock AX-10 axle but GCM does have an option for custom length axle tubes, so you could make them have an offset diffy and any length axle tube that you could want.

[brandonwalsh420]

Originally Posted by BigSki

The basic housings are exactly the same as a stock AX-10 axle but GCM does have an option for custom length axle tubes, so you could make them have an offset diffy and any length axle tube that you could want.

nice... need to order me a custom set of theses things and then order a r3 tranny and hammer transfer case from rc4wd... dam this is gonna be a spendy build ... think it may be time to sell off a few things to fund this project... bye bye tamiya highlift hilux (first crawler i bought and definately the most disappointing one i have)