Kei truck rear axle width?

Blaze

Blaze

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I know some of you have these tiny trucks here. I'm looking for a WMS measurement for the rear axle. I have a project I am working on that I need a rear axle for. Need something stronger than a gocart or 4-wheeler axle but narrow enough to fit under the body I am using. The body is 45" wide. Need it narrow enough for a decent tire.

Anyone have any ideas? I looked at a Samurai axle but it's not narrow enough.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
The only factory axle might be suzuki LJ10, or maybe an older car axle? A narrowed d44 or 9" might be a better option, depending on what you are wanting to do with it.
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So what we are doing is we have an old Cushman Titan, like Austin Powers stuck in hallway Cushman, and want to put a motorcycle drivetrain in it. Because YouTubes. The axle in there is originally an electric motor one and has like a 15:1 ratio. A narrowed axle would definitely be a better option. But also way more expensive than we want to spend for a haxored Cushman goofball build.
 
The LJ axle might be the shortest one, but doubtful its cheap if you find it. Is your motorcycle driveline shaft or chain? Maybe an Ford 8" or something from a car, but doubtful they will be anywhere close to 45". Maybe get a zuk rear, and narrow the long side to take 2 short side shafts?
 
My friend that passed built a jeep go cart he called it. Was a go cart body that looked like a jeep. IIRC he used old cj axles. Like willy's era axles. Google says they are 48.5"

Go Cart Jeep.jpg
 
Get an entire rear subframe out of pretty much any IRS rear/awd vehicle... Subaru, Jeep Renegade/Compass, Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4, Should be plenty of those in the Junkyard by now
 
So the body of this thing is 44.5" wide. Those are our limitations for our width. The problem with the Cushman is the driver basically sits in front of the axle, so can't really do much as far as a different track width.
 
Blaze said:
So the body of this thing is 44.5" wide. Those are our limitations for our width. The problem with the Cushman is the driver basically sits in front of the axle, so can't really do much as far as a different track width.
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A Samurai rear axle has a WMS of 52.2". I'm guessing if you cut down the housing to use two short side axle shafts, it would be about 45-47". That is probably as narrow as you are going to get on the cheap using 'auto' parts.
 
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