Adventures in Driveline: An Industrial Strength Independent Rear Suspension

Or so we thought:

We were messing around with trying to get an independent rear suspension (IRS) setup going on the heavy duty steering knuckle and hub.

The angle on the shocks caused contact with the spring so we hit a snag on that.

Our weakest link turned out to be the axle pin connectors that we used to mount the lower control arm setup. Three of them were used to try and keep things together.

But, as soon as some torque came through the driveline the axle pin connectors on either one side or the other would break loose.

That is a Power Functions XL motor tied directly into the differential setup.

Well, back to the drawing board. :)

Philip Elder
Elder Bricks
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