Re: ToySUV: remove

["Devin McClellan" <devinmcclellan@xxxxxxxxx>]

How do I get off this list?  I sold my 4 runner!!!

"Ken F." wrote:

> 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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