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    Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Jeffrey Driscoll
   Similar to what I'm building now I think. I'm using 2 u-joints with 'parallelogram' suspension, and it works ok as long as you make sure that the pivot points for the hub and suspension are vertically aligned witht he u-joint pivot points. That way, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Ross Crawford
   (...) dmensions. You also have to make sure the two u-joints are connected with the "slits" matching, not 90 degrees apart, or you'll get the sinusoidal variation Jason mentions here: (URL) you don't understand my description (you wouldn't be the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Jeffrey Driscoll
   (...) Well, I did it for good looks, but now I'm glad i did! Whew. Not sure how long that wouldv'e taken me to figure out. I finally mounted my t-block engine and the two-speed auto tranny to the rear assembly. And darned if it dont all work! (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Dave Forrest
     I figured out 4WD/4WS two years ago :+) It also has a working differential so that when one wheel gets off the ground, the other will still get traction. Check it out: (URL) this model does not do, but could easily have, is a differential between (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Jeffrey Driscoll
      Mine has a transverse mounted 12 cyl engine, and a two speed worm gear tranny. The rear axle has a differential, but I have one problem. Using a worm gear in hte tranny means that the engine can drive the wheel, but during gear changes, the axle (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Gary E. Blessing
     Now you tell me! oh well, I found a way too... I'll post a link to pictures when I'm done. Gary SuperD <dmf67@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G7FHIt.CDL@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Any Ideas= 8448 and 4 wheel steering? —Ross Crawford
   (...) Looking forward to it 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
 

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