Cptpackrat
Bumpers Installed
- Location
- Gillette WY
Long time no post.... figured I would make my grand rentrance with some wacky/awesome things Im working on.
The concept-
Take a stock H233b, up the spline count, switch it to full float and disc brakes, ULTRA BEEF the hell outta things.
Basically heres the plan. I found a company in Belgium that makes a H233b 35-spline spool, the H233b is WIDELY used overseas in modified patrols racing Ultra4 Europe and many other forms of motorsports like Winch Challenges and Rock Rally. This lends itself quite handy in that there are companies relatively unknown making some REALLY awesome (and expensive) parts. Atom 9 is their name, chromoly everything is their game. They make a FULL chromoly 35spline spool for the H233b its about $750 from Gigglepin in the UK to my door here in Nebraska. Another awesome thing is that they will accept standard H233b gears which have started to come down in price over the last few years.
So now we have a 35-spline spool, but no 35-spline axle shafts. What do we do? Glad you asked! The spool uses a 1.5" axle shaft with 30* pressure angle on the splines. Luckily for us, Yukon Gear and Axle makes a 35-spline 1.5" shaft with a 30* pressure angle in the form of a Dana60 rear axleshaft. With little modification to the shaft being required I should be able to slide it into the spool and bolt it to a free float hub.
For the hubs, Im planning on using GM 14Bolt spindles and 6x5.5 hubs purchased from Ruffstuff Specialties, but they are made by Solid Axle Industries. The Spindles will need some minor lathe work to allow then to slide into the H233b housing, however this should be a fairly quick and painless process.
Brakes will LIKELY be of GM 14bolt variant, I would like to find some fairly lightweight options probably in the form of Willwood trophy truck or Ultra 4 spec materials. Costly and overkill, but we are already in the realm of "wtf am I thinking" so why not?
Updates will be slow until I have the money to order the spool, however the spindles should be had by about the first of the year.
The concept-
Take a stock H233b, up the spline count, switch it to full float and disc brakes, ULTRA BEEF the hell outta things.
Basically heres the plan. I found a company in Belgium that makes a H233b 35-spline spool, the H233b is WIDELY used overseas in modified patrols racing Ultra4 Europe and many other forms of motorsports like Winch Challenges and Rock Rally. This lends itself quite handy in that there are companies relatively unknown making some REALLY awesome (and expensive) parts. Atom 9 is their name, chromoly everything is their game. They make a FULL chromoly 35spline spool for the H233b its about $750 from Gigglepin in the UK to my door here in Nebraska. Another awesome thing is that they will accept standard H233b gears which have started to come down in price over the last few years.
So now we have a 35-spline spool, but no 35-spline axle shafts. What do we do? Glad you asked! The spool uses a 1.5" axle shaft with 30* pressure angle on the splines. Luckily for us, Yukon Gear and Axle makes a 35-spline 1.5" shaft with a 30* pressure angle in the form of a Dana60 rear axleshaft. With little modification to the shaft being required I should be able to slide it into the spool and bolt it to a free float hub.
For the hubs, Im planning on using GM 14Bolt spindles and 6x5.5 hubs purchased from Ruffstuff Specialties, but they are made by Solid Axle Industries. The Spindles will need some minor lathe work to allow then to slide into the H233b housing, however this should be a fairly quick and painless process.
Brakes will LIKELY be of GM 14bolt variant, I would like to find some fairly lightweight options probably in the form of Willwood trophy truck or Ultra 4 spec materials. Costly and overkill, but we are already in the realm of "wtf am I thinking" so why not?
Updates will be slow until I have the money to order the spool, however the spindles should be had by about the first of the year.