Is this an Atlas??

[caprilaser]

I've got this axle on my MK1 Capri and was wondering if its an Atlas? I've tried to find out by looking on old threads on here and as far as I can make out it looks like one. I'm hoping to use it on my MK5 Cortina as it's going to be running a YB turbo, can I just take the brackets off the cortina's axle and weld them on this one (assuming it is an Atlas) to make it fit?

 

 

Cheers

[wild pete]

LOOKS LIKE AN ATLAS TO ME , WUDNT KNOW BOUT FITTING IT TO A CORTINA THO ,NOT SURE BOUT WIDTHS BUT YEAH WELD BRACKETS ON WHERE YOU WANT EM

[caprilaser]

Thanks, I'll measure it up and hopefully it'll be round about the right width to fit!!

[caprilaser]

Just measured the capri axle and its 52 inches, the Cortina's is just over an inch wider so I think it should work

[tim]

cant really tell from those pics,need to see if the top and bottom bolt on the rear cover are in aline or offset

[caprilaser]

It looks like they bolts are in line, it's hard to tell though as I can't get much of a view under the car, I take it that the bolts should be in line for an Atlas?

[bortaf]

Yes it's an atlas if the bolts for the back plate bolt to a flange around the diff bousing it's an atlas, if they bolt directly into the diff housing it's a Koln.

Narrower than a cortina one and most importantly there no mounts cast into the top of the diff for the top arms.

What axle is in the cortina? a Koln i take it?

[caprilaser]

This is the one on the cortina, the bottom bolts off center so I think is a koln.

 

[X-pack-Glyn]

I wouldnt, mk1 atlas axles are 3 litre only and worth loads if you can find one, where as mk2/3 atlas axles are plentiful, have 3 ratios to chose from, cheaper and nearer the width you require.

[PIG]

im sure mk1 capri axles are 50 inch mk2/3 capri items are 52 inch,you can use any of the crown wheel and pinion sets in all 3 axles as they are the same in the diff.

[andy a]

Yup, Mk1 Capri 50", Mk2 and 3 52" (have seen 2 Mk2's running 50s though), Mk1 Escort baby atlas 48" if I remember right, havent seen one for a while though, all crown wheels and pinions interchangable...

[caprilaser]

So it looks like its a later mk2/mk3 axle on the capri then, is it pretty straight forward to weld on the extra brackets for the top mount arms so that it will fit the cortina?

[bortaf]

The diff housing is cast is it not? can you weld OK to cast (don't weld meself so just going on what welders tell me)

That's deffo a Mk2/3 axle or it would be over 3 inches narrower than the cortina axle.

yes that is a koln, like i said if the bolts go into a flange around the housing it's an atlas if they go into the diff housing it's Koln (handy way to check if it's dark and you can't see if the sides of the diff cover are flat or rounded)

[caprilaser]

Thanks Bortaf, I might just run the standard Cortina axle for a bit and see what happens, I can always upgrade it when it breaks.

[bortaf]

Thanks Bortaf, I might just run the standard Cortina axle for a bit and see what happens, I can always upgrade it when it breaks.

If it's a koln it will break trust me on that made by cadburys

just get a cortina atlas, soo much easyer