RE: ToySUV: remove

["Ken F." <kenfong@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Remove what?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-toyotasuv@4x4Wire.com [mailto:owner-toyotasuv@4x4Wire.com]On
Behalf Of Devin McClellan
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 20:02
To: ToyotaSUV@4x4Wire.com
Subject: ToySUV: remove




4Runner wrote:

> Did you manage to snap a pic of it?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-toyotasuv@4x4Wire.com [mailto:owner-toyotasuv@4x4Wire.com]On
> Behalf Of Ed Wong
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:24 PM
> To: Toy 4x4 - MOAB; Toy 4x4 - WIRE; SUV Toyota; Yankee Toyota
> Subject: ToySUV: Torque Tube Drivetrain
>
> I recently got an up close and personal look at a
> Unimog.
> (A U100 model, not a U404 "military" type - The U100
> is bigger - yes bigger. More like an Iveco light duty
> truck)
>
> As many of you know - the Unimog uses a Torque Tube.
>
> Im still trying to understand just how one works..
>
> The "drive shaft" is inside a tube.
> The tube is FIXED to the differential.
>
> So, Im guessing that the drive "shaft" does not need
> to have any "slip" as there is no change of lenght as
> the suspension flexes.
>
> But...
>
> How is the torque tube affixed to the "crossmember"?
> The U100 had a rubber boot around the flex joint so I
> could not see.
>
> How does the drive shaft flex inside the torque tube?
> CV? Single U joint?
>
> The entire rear axle has an A frame; the top of the A
> is the torque tube attachement joint.
> For left/right motion control, there is a beefy
> panhard rod. There was also a rear sway bar (this U100
> had a rather large box "camper" rear.
>
> BTW - tyres were 355/80R20 (42.3" x 14")
>
> EWong
>
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