Atomic Axles

[flyingwil]

I just stumbled across this product... gives a new meaning to solid axles, with the arched housing.

It kind of makes me want to do a solid axle conversion!

 

[Scott Brady]

Volvo portals baby!

 

[The BN Guy]

Saw those in a magazine recently. I think it was Peterson's or something. Anyway they look very nice. That's one of the reasons I've been inclined to keep the IFS - ground clearance on the front end.

 

[+ d]

Volvo portals baby!

does that beast have rear wheel steering too!?

 

[gjackson]

does that beast have rear wheel steering too!?

Yep. Sure does. The truck is from Outback Import, which is based, surprisingly, in Marseille France. The portal axles are NOT Volvo, though. The portal drop boxes are made by Maxidrive and is a gear driven unit that is bolted onto the end of a standard LR alxe. The Swivel is from a SIII LR. The 4 wheel steering is accomplished by a tiller in the centre console. Pretty sweet set up!

cheers

 

[SixLug]

I forget the name of those tires, starts with an S, but I wish they sold them in the US.

 

[gjackson]

Simex. Pretty cool tires.

 

[+ d]

link for "overkill engineering"

 

[shawkins]

The only bad thing about those overkill eng. axles is they use a CV joint (if I remember right) up by the diff. I think they showed that in the Peterson's article?

 

[JohnC]

I forget the name of those tires, starts with an S, but I wish they sold them in the US.

You can buy them here in the US for off-road use only.

 

[Robthebrit]

As far as I know the atomic axles are not portals, you can see in the picture that the final drive is directly in the middle of the wheel. These axles use the arch to lift the differential so you don't need portal hubs within the wheel.

They look pretty damn sturdy but there are U-joints in the axle tube which maybe a failure point and very difficult to get at.

Rob

 

[The BN Guy]

Where and how much for those tires? I didn't think you could get them here period!

 

[devinsixtyseven]

You can buy them here in the US for off-road use only.

x2...where?

 

[toyrunner95]

those tires are gnarley,

i know the guys at road armor, or atomic engineering, its the same company. the atomic axel is actually compatable with unimog portals, you just have to get them put on. however; it is just one more moving part that could fail.

 

[JohnC]

x2...where?

They are $300 each for a set of 35x10.5x15 (285x90x15) Extreme Trekkers plus shipping from NY 10983. I have 4 right now but I could get the 5th one in with our next shipment.

I normally carry the Jungle Trekkers (which is what I have on my truck right now) and the ET2 in both 15 and 16 inch rim size.