gorman
NAXJA Forum User
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- South Africa
Half way through my rear axle swop excersize this nice HP D44 front axle crosses my path. Now I know that to gain the full benefit of such a nice axle one should use as much of if as possible, incl. the free wheel hubs, etc. However to do this, I'll sit with 8 on 6.5" stud spacing on the front axle (the width I'm not too worried about as I'll cut it down and get shorter shafts)
The rear D44 I'm swopping in currently has 6 on 5.5" stud spacing, but it is also a little narrower than the stock axle width for an XJ, so my plan was to adapt the rear stud spacing to the stock 5 on 4.5" using wheel spacer/adapters. Seeing that I was going to do this in anycase, does anyone know of it would be possible to adapt the 6 on 5.5" spacing to 8 on 6.5"? It looks like at least two studs will be very close to each other. If this is possible in the rear, the HP D44 could be a potential option for me.
The rear D44 I'm swopping in currently has 6 on 5.5" stud spacing, but it is also a little narrower than the stock axle width for an XJ, so my plan was to adapt the rear stud spacing to the stock 5 on 4.5" using wheel spacer/adapters. Seeing that I was going to do this in anycase, does anyone know of it would be possible to adapt the 6 on 5.5" spacing to 8 on 6.5"? It looks like at least two studs will be very close to each other. If this is possible in the rear, the HP D44 could be a potential option for me.