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Portal axle pricing info: FYI

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So, I'm embarking on doing a frame-off resto and mods to my M1009 and I'm looking to do something no-one(at least that I know of) has done and that is give my rig the capabilities of a unimog. I've picked up a Dana 60 front-end and a 14 bolt rear and with a help of a friend, we're rebuilding them w/ new gearing and lockers front and rear. I picked up a set of surplus Hutchinson double-beadlock CTIS wheels 16" x 8" and planning to wrap then in 325 85r 16 Michelin XML's.

The next thing is to install portal axles. Axletech International Motorsport will be releasing Dana 60/ 14 bolt combos in April '09. They'll cost me, but it'll be worth it!:twisted:

To anyone else interested, here is the info and pricing on these portal axles.
 

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four_by_ken

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I cant seem to get your attachment to come up... it tries and tries, but never shows up.

But, I am guessing that for what you are going to pay for portal boxes... you could just step up to Unimog axles and be done with it.
 

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You can get one hell of a set of Mog axles for half that.
Where did the 8 grand number come from?

$6500 for a set of four AxleTech boxes including new 35 spline axle shafts front and rear, calipers and rotors. How many people have put the 60/14b combo into a CUCV? What's the cost to make the conversion?

Let's look at the Unimog - for comparable strength forget the 404 axle and think 416 axles instead. What's a set of those run? $5K min plus the time to find them and the time to go throught them and verify they are sound. Add in the pinion conversions ($1K), possibly a disk brake conversion ($1K), and the cost of integrating the axles into the CUCV chassis and how much total dollars have been spent?

Just want to make sure we're talking apples to apples...

FJ
 
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