Rockbrick

I think they are releasing Fugly sets on purpose..... i think back and all the beautiful sets I still have built and not changed them much - if I had this Fugly set I would have already changed the front by now and added larger wheels etc.... = played with it more...

if some pistons not moveing then they are stuck and causing the problem try taking engine out and see if the crown wheel moves ok then then you have isolated the issue and can rebuilt that part

google differentials and how they work....

I made this mod on my 8421 with a spare RC motor - man that thing pumps quick and well i'm sure it will hit 12psi but its limitations were the air slipping the seals on the pistons when I put some really heavy weights on the hook of the crane arm - I dont think you can combine this with an autopump switching/clutch slipping add-on without something burning up with the friction - it spins too fast. very light though.

For example this model is 4x4 (one diff only but easily you could fit 2 in there ) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5316339 also the smaller panda 4x4 that was on here recently - did not use diffs like your jeep and handled really well

would look like s**t but how about: + or

what you need is a Centrifugal Clutch - above a certain revrange it bites below or at idle nothing...

HOG made it easier to convert LHD to RHD - I remember converting 8860 and 8865 to RHD even though where I live we are LHD all part of wanting to modify and experiment - if lego produced L&RHD versions then not only would it cost more to print two different instruction sets/box art, it would lead to less creativity...

DELICIOUSLY retro - its like looking at an early 80s ideas book ..... Boo to the use of studless beams and new style cogs on a nice old diff though.... ;-) (also why the diff if the truck has no steering?)

i'm lost for words...

love this much fun in this much scale...!

in all these fine lego non-minstroms solutions the diff locks up transfering all torque to BOTH wheels hence this is why not entirely a proper LSD as found in cars with traction control etc... the torsion diff is the closest and most elegant we're going to get with non-minstorms / pneumatic solutions

Ground huggingly smooth....

I like Zblj's idea, with a large enough wheel and deep offset then centre point steering would be possible

I like Zblj's idea, with a large enough wheel and deep offset then centre point steering would be possible

love the rubber band idea - and the adjustable tension one thats just geniusly simple... perfect for crawlers and the like. ...however all these are just to improve torque to both wheels for off road use and overcoming one wheel getting stuck = almost lockable diffs they are still not true L.S.D. which will transmit all the torque the the wheel on the ground when one wheel is in the air (which will normally spin) mechanically we are limited to how this can be done with modern electronics and abs and pulse-breaking this is achieved on modern cars... for me the rubber band is as close as functionally / useable we need it to be - no point over-engineering for little further gain.

Technically unique, functionally superior and even a nice looking car too!

I think we need to refresh our minds what an LSD really is.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited-slip_differential

That video does not show a limited slip diff its a locked diff with some free play

i'm in love...... :wub:

...just when you think you've seen everything made with lego... simply amazing

Barbie? Ken? I have one of these waiting when I get round to trying this marvelous Honda ATC alternative for the 9398:

I think that if you want to immediately modify the set and customise it then lego have succeeded. If the set was perfectly playable from the start (after a nice long satisfying build of course like 8880, 8043, 9348 etc) then you will get bored sooner....

Not totally impossible - you have to think outside the box and perhaps use them longitudonally

anti roll bars....? the pitman steering can also act like a panhard rod - or you can install it at right angles to the live axle like so: