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07-30-2007, 05:01 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St. louis
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|  fat rock axle C's and RC4WD axle
has any one tried putting fat rock axle C's on the aluminum RC4WD axle housings? Do you guys think it would work, and do you even think it is worth the trouble? I like the idea of the extra height and everyone seems to think that they are great? Just kind of a thought really. Thanks |
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07-30-2007, 05:03 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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I don't understand why you would buy an aluminum housing and then cut it for fat rock aluminum axle C's?
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07-30-2007, 05:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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serious if anything the rc4wd housings are like 50x stronger in that area than the already strong axle c's
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07-30-2007, 05:27 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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 He's asking because you can turn the Fat Rock's upside down to gain a little extra diff clearance.  Quote:
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07-30-2007, 05:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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you dont gain any extra height AT ALL with the fatrock c's only under knuckle clearance... 4-5mm i think depending on the way you mount them... but that 4-5mm is definetly not worth skrewing a 120dollar axle casing, as well as the strenth of the casing also.
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07-30-2007, 05:33 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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Is the 1/8 of clearance really worth it? If so, then why doesn't RC4WD just make the housings come to stubs and allow the buyer to install what ever ends they choose? $130 for an aluminum housing seems expensive to turn around and cut for a very small clearance gain. Yes, you can gain some clearance, but at the same time you are raising the center gravity. Which is more beneficial to obtain? Axle clearance or lower center of gravity?
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07-30-2007, 05:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Cali.
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Just get Portals!! Be easy on them though!!  |
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07-30-2007, 05:39 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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This seems confusing then. "RCP Crawlers has teamed up with Fat-Rock designs to bring you one of the most sought after products for TLT axles. Fat-Rock axle C's can be flipped over to either provide increased ground clearance OR a lower center of gravity. No matter how you run them these are a must have to build that indestructible axle assembly. Enough for 1 axle." EDIT: Well my Fat Rock's came in the mail today and I just got them installed. Now I see what you guys are saying. In one position the diff clearance is just like stock. If you flip them, you can reduce diff clearance and lower the CG. Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 07-30-2007 at 10:34 PM. | |
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07-30-2007, 06:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice!
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you only gain knuckle clearance you get rid of the kingpins and more the axle c up like a mm or two not much a total of 4 or 5 mm under the knuckle they do NOT RAISE AXLE CLEARANCE thats a typo |
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07-30-2007, 06:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis
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Correct. Only gain clearance under the kingpin, not under the whole axle.
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