Free-wheeling hubs??

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Hi Folks..

Alright, who has ever heard of someone sucessfully fitting - or even
looking into fitting - free-wheeling hubs to a Syncro? I reckon it'd be
a benefit to anyone (that has already fitted the decoupler of
course) to disengage the front drive altogether so that the diff, prop-
shaft etc aren't even spinning while we're cruising along the highway..

70 series Land Cruisers and the like still use the manual style hubs,
so i was wondering if someone has looked into it? Sounds like it might
be a bit of hard work to me though.. i wonder if the work involved
would outweigh any potential benefit..

As i think about it now though, i think i remember someone mentioning
something about the decoupler not being designed to have the front
end stationary with the rear wheels spinning (for example front in
the air being towed) and that it mightn't put up with it..

Anyway, just wondering if anyone's been through this in their head before?

Cheerio, Sam.
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:40 PM, erv504@ymail.com <erv504@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Folks..

Alright, who has ever heard of someone sucessfully fitting - or even
looking into fitting - free-wheeling hubs to a Syncro? I reckon it'd be
a benefit to anyone (that has already fitted the decoupler of
course) to disengage the front drive altogether so that the diff, prop-
shaft etc aren't even spinning while we're cruising along the highway..

Sam,
I saw a set of these on a Syncro owned by a fellow called Jack Seuferer in Southern California. He used modified Warn hubs intended for Ford Explorers on his Syncro. Several people on the worldwide Syncro forum asked if he was interested in putting kits together. He has so far declined to do so. There was apparently a lot of custom machinework needed which he was not prepared to do on a commercial scale.
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BenT
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Sam,

The design of the Syncro is a complete system and that system was a full time four wheel drive.  All of the system components are designed accordingly – and robustly.  The amount of redesign to fit such hubs would be monumental and very costly.  There is nothing to achieve by diverging from the original design.

Les 

 

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To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Free-wheeling hubs??

 

Hi Folks..

Alright, who has ever heard of someone sucessfully fitting - or even
looking into fitting - free-wheeling hubs to a Syncro? I reckon it'd be
a benefit to anyone (that has already fitted the decoupler of
course) to disengage the front drive altogether so that the diff, prop-
shaft etc aren't even spinning while we're cruising along the highway..

70 series Land Cruisers and the like still use the manual style hubs,
so i was wondering if someone has looked into it? Sounds like it might
be a bit of hard work to me though.. i wonder if the work involved
would outweigh any potential benefit..

As i think about it now though, i think i remember someone mentioning
something about the decoupler not being designed to have the front
end stationary with the rear wheels spinning (for example front in
the air being towed) and that it mightn't put up with it..

Anyway, just wondering if anyone's been through this in their head before?

Cheerio, Sam.

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Speego wouldn't work.


> erv504@ymail.com <erv504@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks..
>
> Alright, who has ever heard of someone sucessfully fitting - or even
> looking into fitting - free-wheeling hubs to a Syncro? I reckon it'd be
> a benefit to anyone (that has already fitted the decoupler of
> course) to disengage the front drive altogether so that the diff, prop-
> shaft etc aren't even spinning while we're cruising along the highway..
>
> 70 series Land Cruisers and the like still use the manual style hubs,
> so i was wondering if someone has looked into it? Sounds like it might
> be a bit of hard work to me though.. i wonder if the work involved
> would outweigh any potential benefit..
>
> As i think about it now though, i think i remember someone mentioning
> something about the decoupler not being designed to have the front
> end stationary with the rear wheels spinning (for example front in
> the air being towed) and that it mightn't put up with it..
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone's been through this in their head
> before?
>
> Cheerio, Sam.
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Hi All,

Tried emailing this to Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com but didn't seem to come through.

I could be wrong, but I will upload in a second a photo of what I believe is Jack's TDI powered syncro with free-wheeling hubs and *33 inch tyres*, drool.

Would be interesting to find the write-up on Jack's van on the net again as there was some other really interesting modifications on this van.

Also, does anyone know where the discussion on the american groups regards a "lockable slippable Torsen VC replacement" got to?

And while we are talking about exotic modifications, would in-cabin adjustable air suspension be legal in NSW once engineered? Possible on a syncro - with an easy DIY kit??

Cheerio :)
Sam

Anyway,

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, plander@... wrote:
>
>
> Speego wouldn't work.
>
>
> > erv504@... <erv504@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks..
> >
> > Alright, who has ever heard of someone sucessfully fitting - or even
> > looking into fitting - free-wheeling hubs to a Syncro? I reckon it'd be
> > a benefit to anyone (that has already fitted the decoupler of
> > course) to disengage the front drive altogether so that the diff, prop-
> > shaft etc aren't even spinning while we're cruising along the highway..
> >
> > 70 series Land Cruisers and the like still use the manual style hubs,
> > so i was wondering if someone has looked into it? Sounds like it might
> > be a bit of hard work to me though.. i wonder if the work involved
> > would outweigh any potential benefit..
> >
> > As i think about it now though, i think i remember someone mentioning
> > something about the decoupler not being designed to have the front
> > end stationary with the rear wheels spinning (for example front in
> > the air being towed) and that it mightn't put up with it..
> >
> > Anyway, just wondering if anyone's been through this in their head
> > before?
> >
> > Cheerio, Sam.
>