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How heavy is an axle
Matt_H:
I'm black and blue after shifting two axles. I picked them up from a guy off ebay. Took three of us to get them into the back of the 90 (they still had trailnig arms and shocks or springs on)...
At the other end I managed to get them out on my own, the rear was pretty straight forward, but the front felt more heavy and awkward, with a system of ratchet straps and jacks I lowered it out of the back!
How heavy is your typical axle?
I also now have a spre rear axle if anyone is interested!
Matthew
ken110:
I did a swap on a salisbry drum axle on a 93 defender. I managed to get it out of the landy on my own but it weight a ton!! no idea how heavy it was in Kg's
Eeyore:
A defender complete front axle is about 125kg IIRC, excluding radius/steering arms etc..
It was a long time ago since I weighed one, so I could be mistaken.
Fronts are heavier, due to the swivels and steering hubs.
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
Matt_H:
sheesh, so with the radius arms, the pannard and the shocks that was quite something to shift it on my own.... I'm still knackered and have quite a few cuts and bruises :-(
Matthew
rollazuki:
I remember when I picked up the salisbury in me old series 3. Arrow Landy services in Doncaster kindly put it in with a forktruck, hooking one drum over the bulkhead. I drove home, then me n my dad sat there looking at the bloody heavy thing wondering how the hell it was coming back out :lol:
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