The most commonly available carrier/axel?

[El Camexican]

Can anyone tell me which are the most readily available carrier and axle units at this time for either a three wheeler or a quad? In other words if you were building something from scratch and could incorporate any combination into the swing arm, what would be the best unit to go with in terms of availability, price, axle, brake and sprocket options?

[El Camexican]

I would say Banshee

Is that one of the ones that rotates in a drum that pinches on the swinger like a 250r or pivots like my Tri Z? I prefer the drum style.

[OZQUAD44]

Pivots like a tri-z, which IMO is not a bad set up. The round house carrier looks much better, and can be adjusted well, but I am a fan of the swinger style as well. Glam is right, there are heaps and heaps of banshee axles and carriers about.

I'm not sure if the banshee carrier can be adjusted, like the tecate swinger style. But if it works the same way, the tecate carrier it was the easiest chain adjuster to adjust known to man. The way to make it so is as follows: Remove the two fine threaded adjusters and throw them over your shoulder. When it comes time to adjust your chain, slightly loosen the pivot bolts, (I think there may be a lock bolt as well but I can't remember) and loosen the main clamp bolts, then roll the trike forward at walking pace, then hit the foot brake. This forces the carrier rearwards. Once stopped, lock off the clamp bolts, and the pivot bolts. If you master this technique the chain comes up at the right tension, every time. Loved that carrier.

If you must have a round house carrier, don't think you could go wrong with the modern yfz450, or raptor components. Those carriers are round style like the 250r carriers, but they have made tons and tons of yfz quads over the years, and they are still for sale. Unlike most other manufacturers quads.




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[RIDE-RED 250r]

Still plenty of options out there for '86 ATC and all years TRX250r. And I don't see their popularity waning any time soon.

[atc007]

250R,450R,300EX,,,the latter being dirt cheap. Used arms $20-$60 new dual row carriers $90, axles under $200. All of which bolt right into a 350X with simple spacers a chimp can do.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-Sportrax-TRX300EX-Forged-Billet-Rear-Axle-Bearing-Carrier-1993-2008-/331488936594?hash=item4d2e47c292:g:S14AAOSwImRYbU8 C&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-Sportrax-TRX300EX-Adjustable-Rear-Solid-Axle-1993-2008-/332083941399?hash=item4d51bed017:g:nHgAAOSwLEtYfUS x&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Honda-TRX300-300EX-Swingarm-/291990625863?hash=item43fbff5e47:g:f2gAAOSwt5hYbBj w&vxp=mtr

[Billy Golightly]

My vote would be for 86-89 ATC/TRX250R stuff. An aftermarket probably just as strong as banshee (some banshee swingarms convert to this style carrier and sprocket setup so they can run smaller diameter sprockets on the honda style sprocket hubs even).

[HairyJR]

Additional thought to consider is motor drive sprocket location as to line up rear sprocket, width of center housing carrier as to keep wheels centered (equal distance ) and minimize sprocket spacer offsite. I'll post a link to a thread showing minor differences of several Honda axles.

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/172051-Identify-unknown-rear-axle?highlight=unknown+axle

"HJ" 241178 :beer

[86T3]

250r is very common and I think it's the narrowest

[The_Steve_Man]

I say 400ex. Same with as the 250r and same as the 88-89 trx. With cheap aftermarket extended axles.

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[El Camexican]

I saw Kasey had a trick spacer that doubled as a rock protector, so the narrower the better as a base. Still lots of other things to consider before this becomes any more than a pipe dream, but picking a swingarm is certainly a priority.