Curious...What posi units are you running? I assume you guys are running 9" Fords..
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Originally Posted by Payton King
a problem with the sealed bearings until we started driving the poo out of our cars.
Here is my unsolicitated opinion. Todd and I had a bad knockback problem with the sealed bearings. Part of the fix was ditching the Wilwood retainer and using the thicker Currie. Solved some of my problem. Todd went all out and changed to a tapered bearing. Willwood has since changed their retainer.
We are putting huge tires on the back of these cars now and generating a pretty good side load. I think the axle itself will still flex with the tapered bearing. You are asking the axle to carry the drive and the side load.
Enter the full floater. Most all track cars running a solid axle are running this style of rear. Speedway Engineering can make a full floater with their GN aluminum hubs, 1/2 inch wheel studs, 31 spline axles on 5 on 4.75 bolt pattern. You will be able to use your present wheels as the center section only comes 1 inch off the hub face and is the correct diameter. Only problem is the rotor adaptor is 8 bolts on a 7 inch spacing...12 inch rotors are as big as you can run.
Make a custom rotor adaptor/hat to run the 13 inch rotor for the 12 bolt 8.75 circle and you are golden.
This is going to be my route anyway...thought I would pass the info along
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Originally Posted by Vegas69
I agree the floater is the cats meow. Looks like BMR has a product and I know others are working on it as well. I've been kicking around installing a floating caliper to get me by.
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