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One day I want to do this
beast5680:
i dont like the first one shown in the post it just looks odd i quite like the idea of a disco with 2 steering axles at the front :shock: just i dont think its quite feasible..although.... :-k
thermidorthelobster:
Had the guy who built my 6x6 101 kept it a little longer, he had a steering axle to put on the rear end, so it would have steered from both ends. He was going to leave it as a passive floating axle, ie it would have been driven (so true 6wd), but would have just followed the rest of the vehicle from a steering perspective, rather like towing a car on an a-frame.
However, I can see a number of problems:
1) When reversing - the caster effect is lost - you'd need a way of locking it, otherwise you'd crab all over the place. I think he was looking at some sort of hydraulic locking system.
2) The other drawback is when offroading and the middle axle lifts off the ground. All of a sudden, the back of your vehicle has two degrees of freedom, and you could end up in a situation where the back overtakes the front - not good.
The way to deal with both of these would have been a hydraulic system which would have centred and locked the axle on demand. However, this would be potentially another thing to maintain and go wrong, and I'm not sure whether there may be some degree of illegality too.
It would have sorted out the tyre scuff though!
Colin 009:
Why Bother, just buy a Defender crewcab..... :doh:
Guardian.:
MY MATES built a few of these at his garage, usually rangey classics, personally i think they look cac, plus getting the bits costs a fortune for the transmission.
ones i do half like are the 6wd king cab with big pick up back he does for the tree surgeons and that lot.
stewy1984:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320209106886&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011
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