LJ78 Hub Conversion

[hosehustler]

Hi all, new member. Currently placing LJ78 Prado front and rear axles under a LandRover Discovery. Rear complete, begin front tomorrow. The LJ78 Beam front axle has 'power hubs', the concept leaves me cold. I have a spare set of Aisin maual hubs off a surf sitting here, would be good to use those, but could be issues from what I read. There was a guy called Old Blue or similar that used to post on here and TradeMe with a 'manual' conversion for the exisiting hubs, is he / they still around / available? Or does someone have some sharp idea that may point me in the right direction? Cheers Shane.

All you need to do is get a set of hilux stub axles and hubs as they bolt straight on to the Prado swivel housing and the 30spline FWH's you have bolt straight on. That way no modifications needed

[KZJ78]

Slightly off topic here:
Landyota, did you go down the "Old Blue" hub conversion track?
Just wondering how it went?
Contemplating it as an option as I'd heard the other options came with their own set of problems.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers

[namtaf1]

x2 looking at changing eletric hubs aswell

[Landyota]

Hi Guys, yes I did go down the 'Old Blue' track and so far it's been a great ride. The conversion is water tight, well made and easy to use.
I'm also happy to report that the Cruiser diffs have been under my Disco now for 4 months and I haven't broken an axle, diff or wheel bearing, it's been a great project with the only major issue based around a caster angle that was too large combined with -90 offset wheels resulting in a frightening 'death wobble' above 60k's. Reducing the caster angle sent the problem packing. Also the additional lift I did (3 inches) has resulted in 'bump steer' due to the angle of the hard-pan rod, I will have to re-fabricate the HP rod mount on the axle, but have been too lazy to bother at this stage.

[oldblue]

Glade to hear your feedback