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Has anyone come up with a design for a steerable live axle? With the spacing needed for the differential and the substructure for the wheel pinnions, I have been unsuccessful in building a modular axle that is narrow enough for practical use. Any (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Julien, (...) have (...) TLC have! The 8880 super car has 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steer. (I think the 8448 also has 4 wheel drive? Someone correct me if I'm wrong!) They designed special parts for it though - I haven't seen a good implementation done (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) wrong!) Ok, you're wrong :-) It is only rear wheel drive. Martin (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I have seen the 8880, though my goal is to eventually put the axle underneath the front of my 5571 truck. The width of the 8880 is four nobs wider than my best iteration. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I tried something a bit unusual to this end with a some znap axles John Barnes sent me. It actually worked quite well, although the drive train took a wee bit of torque to turn - the new gear motors managed it with no difficulty at a gear (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Here is some information based on the 8880 hardware. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G4M3sp.3Ey@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I once did some thinking regarding the width of the 8880 suspension setup and how to minimize it... You may want to take a look at: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What Znap set did they come with? (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Check this out. It is a modle I made a year and a half ago and never really finished. It was a radio controlled 4WD 4WS w/limited slip differential. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just stumbled across this webpage and I'm stunned: (URL) steering AND suspension. w/o using any fishy pieces it appears... /Tobbe (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello I have build front axles for agricultural tractors. The smalles one was 20 studs wide and 6 studs long. In the centre you need a differential, from the middle to the outside you need one axle length 4, universal joint and another axle length (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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