piterx Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 here we go! straight from my next MOC that's gonna be a 4x4 here's my compact design for a front axle :P hope you like it...and hope you can give me some tips coz i know nothing about live axles lol the nice thing about this live axle is that the pivot point is really near to the wheels Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 I think you would be better changing those CV joints to universal joints. There does not seem like there is a lot for steering movement from using CV joints. Quote
piterx Posted June 4, 2013 Author Posted June 4, 2013 hmmmm can't do that because otherwise it's gonna move the pivot point a stud towards the differential anyway it's not that bad! Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 You could use the older style Universal joint, the wheels would have to be moved out by another stud on ether side. Quote
rm8 Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Great. The only minus I see : under the weight you will got negative camber which may be the reason of disconnecting CV joints. But you model will be small looking to the wheels size. Hope everything will be fine;) Quote
D3K Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Could this perhaps make it just a little bit stronger? It would distribute a little bit of the stress on to the lower pin ? Quote
legomuppet9 Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Nice work, but I agree with the others, current setup isn't quite strong enough... Quote
piterx Posted June 4, 2013 Author Posted June 4, 2013 Actually its stronger than it may seem thanks to the black beam on top! If i press it a lot with my hand the wheels bend a little but the cv doesnt pop out :) and anyway the model wont be heavier than a kilo Quote
Doc_Brown Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 its looking nice and compact! I think it should be ok for the size. :D Great work! Quote
piterx Posted June 5, 2013 Author Posted June 5, 2013 Could this perhaps make it just a little bit stronger? It would distribute a little bit of the stress on to the lower pin ? that surely looks right and strong, the only problem is that, with the wheels i'm using, it's gonna have less ground clearence because of the lower arm Quote
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