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140 Rear axle in 122 Pros and Cons verses other known methods 120-130

posted by  greendread on  Fri Mar 11 10:14 CST 2016
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Hello All,

I am looking at $300+ in parts for the stock set up. At that cost the Ford, or Toyota rears are cost effective option. I would like an improvement/upgrade to the tapered axle shaft as I don't want to do this job again. Losing a wheel a low speed is scary enough of, I don't want it to happen again at high speed.

I saw a beautiful 140 the other day, and the owner said he had done the 140 rear swap into his now sold 122s and his opinion was it was his best upgrade- and better than the Ford rear swap.

Thoughts please! Cheers,

gd







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140 Rear axle in 122 Pros and Cons verses other known methods 120-130

posted by  planetman on  Sat Mar 12 00:24 CST 2016
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Can you provide a detailed list of expenditures you anticipate for installing a completely different rear end? Then I can argue for or against your proposed rear end swap.

I think it will cost you more than you think to swap in a different rear end, even a Volvo 140.




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