Solid Axle Swap for IFS 100 Series

Manell motors would be the best to contact , dont forget you will need to change rear diff also due to wheel off set , and get new rims , i have some cheap lol

I'd be talking to offroadindustries.com also in sydney. They do the swap on the surfs/lux and even Pajeros. They seem to specialise in this sort of thing.

The wheel offset thing could be a pain but your suggestion of wheel spacers at the front might be simplest, cheapest option-although not strictly road legal.

Cheers
Matt

From what I've heard (may be wrong) from bods that do solid axle swaps on surf's, hiluxes etc they have been asked to do the same to IFS 100 series but it isn't possible as the chassis rails are totally different (wider apart from memory and with no hump to clear solid axle) so the solid front end will not fit.
A solid axle isn't the cure for smashed front diffs either, solid axle 100's trash front diffs as well, can find a few bods that have done as many as you in the same time frame.

I have herd that the 100seires diffs are week but 3 in 19 months how much punishment are you giving them, they can’t be that week can they??

Apparently a Locker strengthens them up a bit.

Hi
The ifs 100 uses a different chassis to the solid front 105. It is actually an 80 series chassis with longer body mounts for a wider body...Now, the IFS final drive ratio is probably 4.1, where as the solid diff final drive is 4.3, so there are a few problems looming that you need to consider b4 u start changing stuff
1 why r u busting them??? do u snatch in reverse??
2 have u considered an ARB locker in the front? (They stiffen up the diff and make it stronger, even in the rfs model)
Andrew Wollongong

I dont know if its in here - but these are the new Draft National Code of Practice for Light Vehicle Construction and Modification (NCOP)

http://www.dotars.gov.au/transreg/vsb/PDF/NCOP11%20Section%20LS%20Suspension%20and%20steering%2019sept2005.pdf

Lots of things are becoming illegal real soon

Forget the solid axle swap, they are no better. I have blown 4 in my 105, only one on a track I would call extreme. Toyota put a Hilux diff in a Cruiser so what more can you expect. The accepted fix in Victoria is to fit an ARB locker, replace the collapsable spacer with a machined one & check that everything is in line & running true. Under Warrenty Toyota just slap them in & as they aren't diff specialists, they are more likely to blow the next time round. (I did 3 in 20K)
Ring Darren at ATS in Geelong, he'll have contacts in Sydney that can do it right. He has repaired over 30 without one coming back that wasn't abused.
Cheers Craig........

ATS 4X4 90 Fyans St Geelong Sth 3220
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What you will find , is that the front part of the chassis is whats diffrent , you will have to get a front half chassis from a standard cruiser and graft it onto your chassis , for this the body will have to come off . It sounds like a nightmare , but not so bad , . Make sure you get a qualified person to do this job.

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Good sh1t these jap jobbies hey.

Buy one then spend your inheritance fixing it

Just joking... couldn't help my self... sorry blokes

Cheers

Here's a thought, why not trade your IFS in on a solid axle and get a GXL interior from a wrecker and swap that over, thats gotta work out cheaper and so much easier.

Just a thought.

Baz.

Why not just fit an air locker? Wouldn't that give you a stronger diff?

Rosco,you are wicked!..Better watch your "real" diffs ot they will be swapping them in..Reminds me of a "Mad Magazine" tyre rotation..(In the army,much of our education came from these mags..No doubt,it will be reflected in my scribblings) Park the vehicle in a shopping centre car park along side a vehicle with similar wheels but lots more rubber..A series of arrows dictated the direction of "swapping" Their front l/h tyre to your front left hand etc..You both drive away with different rubber,but only one of you has been "re-rubbered"in a positive manner..Feeling the effects of stress? Maybe it's just what you need to chill out.A copy of "Mad Magazine" And I don't even get a kick-back.Yet!..Have fun..Jus don't take life to seriously..It's all just a game..RockyOne

You can do anything as long as you are willing to pay for it. I'm guessing it's the front diff you keep busting. You could do a solid axel swap but you will have to change front and rear and possibly your driveshafts. Not sure on the ratios in a petrol GXL but the diesels are 4.3, none of this will be cheap and will have to be engineered. If you change your ratios you will throw your speedo out. I'm sorry to say but - you may need to have a look at your driving style!! 3 diffs in that time is pretty hard on the pocket! It would probably cost you less to Buy a fairly nex GXL and drop a v8 chev diesel into it if you want grunt. With regards to crackles comments about the solid axel not being much better, I hav a HZJ 105 with an aftermarket turbo. I tow a camper trailer everywhere and give it a good flogging off road and have yet to bust a diff. I do rock , sand mud and anything else that I can throw at it. It has done 175,000k's and 70 of these were in a coal mine in Vic. The olly major drama I have had was a transfer case issue.
Chaos in silverwater (if you can get hold of them) may be able to help if you really want to do this...but I'd check with the bank first.

Good luck with it!

I take things on fairly slowly due to my lack clearance, and I don't bounce the thing over rocks etc
Diff 1. whent before front locker installed
Diff 2. whent due to giving it a little bit of a hard
Diff 3. hasn't really had to do anything at all
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teeth off the crown wheel on all three occassions

ive a 2002 ifs td 100 and we give this a good going at most tracks.
The boys we travel with have patrols and 80 series live axels .
mate you must be flogging the shiiit out this truck .
wehave travelled over the past 3 yaers some of the hardest track in the vic high country ad none of our trucks have ever broken anything ,as for myself having an ifs you should know that you drive them a little different to a live axel .
remember the turtle and the hare... slowerly slowerly wins the race.

wazzarrr