Swing axle rear suspension

Discussion in 'Ideas and Suggestions' started by vmlinuz, Sep 6, 2015.

  1. vmlinuz

    vmlinuz
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    Well, I'm too lazy to make this myself, so here's a suggestion:

    Many years ago, there was a thing called "swing axle suspension." It was bad, so they stopped using it. It was a very early type of independent suspension, with the differential held in place and the wheels attached to it by two half axles. Here's a picture:


    (imported from here)

    It was famously used on the original Corvair to... great effect, I guess.

    Anyway, here's the suggestion: I would like somebody to modify the Grand Marshal's jbeam (not necessarily the model) in order to create a swing-axle type suspension. It should be fairly simple to do this, as the only necessary changes would be:


    • Remove the sway bar.
    • Possibly lengthen the trailing arms.
    • Hold the differential in place with a few rigid beams.
    • Allow the two sides of the axle to move freely as depicted above.

    As a bonus challenge, you could (optionally) try making it a separate part.

    The reason I want this is because of the swing axle's notorious oversteer/jacking issues. Here's an example:


    (imported from here)

    I want to be able to do that. It looks fun.

    If you make this, I will give you a(virtual)cookie :D

    Thanks!
     
  2. KennyWah

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    This suspension must of become infamous the moment it was off the production floor and on the road. :p

    I want it :cool:
     
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