Well, it's been done. And I like the idear

But he wants me to pay $1350 for the prototype, and another $130 for a spare axle to take it out on Fordyce and Rubicon. mmmmm....nope.

Then I asked "Honey....can you make me one?"

He has some different ideas, I'll let him explain

Here is the thread with the original design:

http://www.hummerxclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9933

Tell me what you think.....but before you say straight axle...the purpose for this Hummer exercise is to create an upgradeable front end that is :

a) Cast Iron
b) larger (8.8 vs 7.6)
c) and has a wide range of gear ratio options (higher than 4:56)
d) mostly junk yard parts = cheep cheep

I'm not willing YET to give up my IFS ride and turning radius, and I want to pretend I'm like Shannon Campbell, and can make IFS a viable option.

Don't laugh, I'm serious!

Bebe,

I think it's a great idea! It will be stronger and let you have a lower gear ratio. But does sound like a big task.

I'd pay the man. Anything else will take hours and hours of fab time and could end up costing more. He seems to have a good plan and has thought everything through. A soild axle swap would cost more and would not met your goals. Also, I would cut off 3000-5000lbs of Hummer and make it into a HumBuggy, my .02... I'm almost done with my sawzall if you want to borrow it.

Sean

Do it, sounds like a good set up. The price isn't that bad either. If it doesn't work you can always strait axel it with 60's and 42's.

It's on!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.clubhummeroffroad.com/forum/ ... hp?t=10937

Glad to hear you are moving forward with this, looks like fun. Sierra Trek again?