Why cant you flip and axle????

Hey guys
I am in the middle of flipping the axle to lower my truck And as I was cutting the mounting pads I wandering if I really needed to cut the off.
What would happen if I actually FLIP the axle???
I mean what if pull the axle from under the truck and flip it so The right tire is now on the left???
The mounting pads would be on the bottom like I need them to and everything would bolt right in????
What would really happen if someone did that????
Just wandering here

 

You would have one gear forward (a low one), and the rest in reverse. Do it, and let us know how it works out. Ha ha.

 

Wouldn't it would move the car the wrong way.

 

Thats some demo derby stuff there

 

If you are talking about the rear axle you would now have 3 or 4 speeds in reverse and one speed forward....

I'd try to get to rehab before you self destruct...

 

Yea, it would send ya backwords

 

Yep, kid I knew in the early 60's flipped the rear axle on his 50 Ford over to put the spring mounts on top so he could get a rake out of it. Lowered it down when he was done, put it in reverse to back out of the driveway and it went forward ! He put it in low and it backed up ! He had one speed in forward and 3 in reverse.

We all fell on the ground laughing at that one. Take a pencil and spin it in one direction then flip it over while turning it, you will notice it now rotates in the opposite direction.

Don

 

Haha didnt even think about that....A friend of mine mentioned it as I was tryin to cut the pad off and It got my gears turning and I wandered the same thing..
I told him that If It was that easy Everyone would be doing it....

Dam it I gotta lay off the old No.7

 

Mr gasket sells the pads I think the pn is 6820???? I cant remember but they are cheap

 

And wouldnt the fill plug be upside down so you couldnt fill the axle all the way and also your vent would be upside down so it would leak gear oil out?

 

Also, most rear axles have a vent coming out of the top of the pumpkin. It vents pressure as the gears heat up to keep from blowing seals, you would pump all of your gear oil out in a hurry! :0


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Thanks dude...
Yeah I been sober while thinking about all this so It didnt make sense,,
I get it now.

 

Even if it turned the correct direction, the oil would not flow properly, and you would likely cook it.

 

Another friend said this would happen too.

 

Not to mention that the brake shoes and wheel cylinders would be all wrong....

 

What was that movie when a bunch of kids flipped the cop's axle when he was inside eating?

 

Tractor supply sells pads in the trailer section. Nine bucks for a pair of 3".

 

if you dont want to cut the old ones off you dont have too... you can just add the new ones on the otherside of the tube.... the ubolts will still go on. and your vents for the rear ened would dump fluid because there on the bottom like a drain. and what everyone else said above.

 

An interesting exercise in reasoning here. Since the direction of rotation of the driveshaft has not changed when turning the rear end upside down, the pinion shaft rotation has not changed diretion. Therefore the ring gear cannot change rotation direction. Where does the reversing come from??? Do the spider gears know something that none of the other parts know?? The oiling, brakes and other things are reason enough to not do it.

"Take a pencil and spin it in one direction then flip it over while turning it, you will notice it now rotates in the opposite direction."

If the pencil represents the pinion, when you flip it over the driveshaft is turning it the other way is it not??

****************** Before anyone else comments on this post without reading the whole thread please be advised that the light has been turned on. I don't want to hijack the thread. Thanks.

 

it's simple...you go backwards because the top of the tires are now driving the car....duh

 

It is simple, when you flip the rear end the ring gear is now on the opposite side of the pinion and this will drive the ring gear the opposite direction.

 

So... all you need is a marine engine that spins the other direction. Problem solved.

 

If you flip the axle, The ring gear will be on the opposite side of the pinion.
The pinion rotation will not change , one side of the Pgear is going up and the other side is going down.
Putting the ring gear on the other side of the pinion changes the direction if the ring gear.

Edit, scooterseats types a lot faster. Lol

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc

 

Ummm, your vent will become an drain, and you will go the wrong direction. Try it, maybe open up a whole new door we have never realized before.

 

You guys are looking at this all wrong,.... Go ahead and flip the axle like you were going to do,... then mount the body on the chassis backward,... it will be a rear engine, front wheel drive car with rear steer !,.... steering might get a little tricky,.. but at least you won't have to change those pesky spring pads.

 

priceless...
thats a good one.lazyness the mother of invention

 

Yes, I just went out and did it with a rear end so I could see what was happening. It is why one had to be careful when assembling a Model T rear. They could be assembled with the gears reversed.

 

I worked at a hay ranch in the early 60s and they had 3 "hay rakes" that were old chevy trucks with the bodys removed and hydraulics to operate a loader that ran off the back of the truck.........driver's seat faced backwards and those guys flipped the axle over to get 4 reverse gears and 1 forward...plugged the vent hole and drilled a new one to vent and fill from...worked fine.

 

you would go backward in drive and forwards in reverse.

MrC.