Thread: 6 in drop axle????

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Does anyone make a 6in drop drilled axle?
Is that a better way to drop the frame then Zing?
I love the look of the frame rails and Zing cuts it up some
Anyone have a 6in axel?
Thanks Again
Dave Larsen Valencia Ca.

Beware---If you use a 6" dropped axle, much of it will hang below the front wheel rim (using 14 or 15" wheels---then if you blow a tire, you will go sliding down the road on the underside of your axle, unable to steer at all.

Beware #2, the more drop the axle has in it, the more susceptible to bending it is. I guess it would depend on whether you want the look or the functionality to be better.........

As far as a 6" drop, been there done that, ain't going back. JMO

Beware #3 is your tie rod will need to go through the frame, or have some steering altering drops to the steering arms.

The deepest commercially available in a tube axle is 5" (except for some low end quality pieces from MAS and Speedway), not sure there's an I beam done that deep. Dropping a stock axle that much would make the ends pretty thin.

Magnum is making a 5" drop "I" beam axle. Shocks mount to axle to keep the spring perch nuts above the scrub line. Looks hood but, compared to a 4" drop unit, you have to come almost twice as high off your billfold.

http://www.thehotrodcompany.com/shop...rc_shopper_id=

I like the forged Chassis Engineering 4" drop unit. Worth the small premium over a cast Super Bell or Magnum.

But what do I know??

Thanks for the link, Bibs. Good looking axle, the extra strength in a forged unit would be well worth the extra cost. Do you have one of these on your car???

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Thanks for the link, Bibs. Good looking axle, the extra strength in a forged unit would be well worth the extra cost. Do you have one of these on your car???

Yes,

I am running a Chassis Engineering dropped axle. I spent several evenings out in the shop with my belt sander and other assorted abrasive tools. It really cleaned up nice.

There are a couple of considerations with this axle. The first is that the spring perch holes are a tad wider than the 28-34. You will need one of their springs. Or you can get a main leaf from Posies and use a Model A spring pack.

The second is that stock spindle steering arms contact the side of the "drop" section. To use stock spindle you have to heat them and drop the arms and also give them a downward twist at the point where the arm meets the spindle boss. A little trickier than dropping arms for a Model A axle. Chassis engineering offers excellent steering arms that solve that problem. If you are using aftermarket spindles you will need arms anyway. I used stainless Deuce Factory and the cleared just fine.

Thanks for the information, Bibs. Appreciate it. Great looking setup.

You can also adjust the height by using a reverse-eye leaf spring and a spring that has less arch. I dropped the front of my roadster that way about eight years ago.