HR Rear Axle Modification

[fcfromscratch]

Team,

am putting a HR rear axle on my FC so as to have matching brakes for the front HR discs...the axle I sourced did not have the plates for mounting to the springs/shock absorbers...is it usual with this mod to use the HR spring mounting plates or do some still use the "U" bolts from the FC through the holes on the HR bracket?

also,  do the auto shops still carry stuff like the anti-rattle bar & spring, shoe retaining pins and spring clips etc for the HR axle ...or best to try wreckers?

regards....Brad

[FCwagon]

Hi Brad,
You can use the U bolts but you will still need the bottom HR plate to match the top insulator. I found the rear axle hosing creaked a bit using U bolts tho' so I swapped to the original HR bolts. Was able to do them up a lot tighter because you need to crush the HR insulators more on the narrower FC spring.
The brake bits are still available but it'll be a lot cheaper getting them from a wreckers.
cheers,
Leigh

[Ed]

I had an HR diff in my EK wagon (which im guessing is similar to an FC), and one of the mounting plates actually sheared, dropping the ass of the wagon on the deck.

For this reason I reverted back to U bolts.. at least if a U bolt snaps U can replace it.

From memory I used an EJ housing, and mixed and matched the relevant bits and pieces back together.

I dont think this answers your question tho.. lol

Ed