my buddy just put 2 drive axles out of a freightliner under his hunt bus. he says i can have the old parts if i want. has anyone ever put one of these diffs under a truck? i would put the leafs and everything under min if i can. keep the bus duals and make mine a dually and lift the front to match. could be cool. i dont think i would have much trouble turning them with my 2wd 5 speed with a fuel pin. i think the ratio is 5:36 or something like that. could be sweet. let me know what ya think.

 

Does the bus axel have air brakes? 22.5 inch wheels?

 

i think there 19.5s with juice brakes. thinkin ill need a bus master cylinder

 

Why would you need the bus master???

 

if i were to use the original brakes from the axle. im not sure if the dodge cylinder would be strong enough

 

sounds cool but whats the point? if anything id say you're going backwards, why spend all the time and effort when you are going to sacrifice your top speed and possible mpg's

 

just to do something different. he has a couple other differentials to put in the housing, it would just be indestructable

 

And you would have a top speed of 45 mph

 

not if he has a different diff for it with a better ratio

 

I'd wait until i blew up my stock axle before going to a 1.5 ton unit. Do they even come in limited slip/posi? im sure nothing a few welds can't fix.

"u know how those canadians are, can't tell them nothing."

 

I've thought about doin this too, I work in the bus shop here at my school as the bus mechanic's aid and they are big rear ends. I've seen some with air brakes and some of the smaller buses have hydraulic brakes. I know where to get a rear end out of a junk bus too. I think they'd be good for a truck pull truck, but for a daily driver, I don't see the point.

 

i think it would be cool to keep the original size bus tires on it to. and lift the crap out of the front end.

 

I don't see why you couldn't do it, but I can't see a reason on why you would do it. The cool factor would wear off within a couple of weeks I would think. But hey it's your truck so if/when you do it post up for pictures.

 

i just think it would make it more big rig ish 22.5 alcoas, 445/50R22.5 stacks and cb whips off the mirrors. the trucks off the road right now so im having crazy cool thoughts