Projects What's a good four inch dropped axle

Been looking around at front dropped and drilled i beam front axles. what are some good quality ones out there ?I love super bell but man they be high dollar and totaly worth it I'm sure. Can you still get one dropped cause I've got a great deuce front axle just hanging around too.

 

Look in the Hamb-o-dex. There are members here who do axle dropping. Might find something in the search thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/search.php?f=3

 

I'd have a Henry ford axle dropped unless you need it narrower, then you'll need an after market one at 46" or 47" @ king pins unless you want to narrow the Henry axle too.

 

Hamber 296 V8 can drop them. I bought a so-cal speed one and like it.

 

If you are thinking about using a cast axle, take a look at the photo on page 70 of the January 2014 Street Rodder magazine.

 

I prefer Forged steel.



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That deuce front axle you have is a very good candidate to have dropped if it's in good condition.

 

SUPER BELL I love mine.

 

Try Nostalgia Sid'[email protected] or WWW.DROPPEDAXLES.COM. He's in Guthrie OK.

 

The guy got his frontend slammed into and it snapped. I guess if it would have been a forged axle, it would have bent. Still need a new axle. Now, if one breaks hitting a bump, that would be cause for alarm.

True, there supposedly was a bad batch of axles going around, so... watch out at the swap meets. I swerved and hit a curb pretty hard with mine and it did bend, but it didn't break.

The good news is, a forged one is about the same as a cast one, so take your pick. And now, I'll wait for the FORGED ONLY crowd to chime in. Your choice.

 

Broken leg, look for a splint. Broken axle, it'll be cast.

 

Put a SoCal in my coupe,at250$ you can't really go wrong!

 

That's where I got mine along with his modified steering arms. A+

 

I'd only use a real Ford or Chassis Engineering (forged). My $.02

 

I really like "Lucky7's" axle...

 

I used a Super bell on my 36 ford truck in the late 80s and it broke in the center. They replaced it and I sold it and got a Mor-Drop. I have only used forged axles since then.

 

I'm sold on Forged axles,,if they were good enough for Henry they are good enough for me. HRP

 

I vote for a Lucky 7. They are a true forged steel axle, and at a good price.

 

I really don't care what you do but if Henry Ford, one of the most important men in America, a driving force of the industrial revolution who had influence and partial control of the flow of all raw material processed in this country decided drop forged axles were best, it deserves some serious consideration. If it's not early Ford then it's just repro. If we are being truthful though I like when people use the junk aftermarket stuff and leave the real early stuff for ballers like me. Ha ha ha, seriously though drop your orig. axle, it'll be cool

 

he sold me an axle and dropped, a great job, and reasonable......

 

So-Cal and the new Speedway axles are forged also....

You guys with the So-Cal, they claim 30% better steering radius with stock 37 - 48 (non-dropped steering arms) spindles..... have you noticed any improvement over others' dropped axles?

 

So lets say you are moving at 60 mph and swerve and sideswipe something like a concrete barrier in your open wheel hot rod.

Would you.....

A) like to have a forged axle that bends, but keeps the wheel on.

Or

B) would you like a cast axle that breaks? Thus losing a wheel.

You need a new axle either way, right?