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Topic: Wide Front

Posted By: dgerth
Subject: Wide Front
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 6:32am

Can a wide front for a WD be made lighter than a narrow front with the heavy pedestal ?

tks, dg

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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 4:27pm

To me, the lightest would be a wide-front axle with the excess steel removed from each axle knee inside the axle tube. Throw away the steering gear and graft a lightweight auto rack & pinion gear on the backside for steering, and then fabricate a hollow box to replace the steering gear to support the axle itself.