large angle cv joints
large angle cv joints
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I wonder if anyone can help me, I have a problem, Im curently designing a vehicle with a large amout of travel. The problem i am encountering is getting the power from the dsmall differential in the middle of the car to the wheels, the wheels are currently mounted on an axle.
I am looking for a cv joint or something similar, I need to transmit the power at a max of 50 degrees! at the inner location for short persiods of time, not permanatly, and 30 degrees at the outer location and need to incorporate a pluge of approx 20mm
Ideally it would be flanged to I coule mate it to the other parts of the transmission
regards
I am looking for a cv joint or something similar, I need to transmit the power at a max of 50 degrees! at the inner location for short persiods of time, not permanatly, and 30 degrees at the outer location and need to incorporate a pluge of approx 20mm
Ideally it would be flanged to I coule mate it to the other parts of the transmission
regards





RE: large angle cv joints
You could use a double cardan.
thirty degrees is easy - outer CV joint on a FWD for example.
You may need a seperate plunge joint
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: large angle cv joints
thanks
RE: large angle cv joints
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: large angle cv joints
RE: large angle cv joints
Gkn manufacture a UF joint (undercut free) that will take +50 degs of articulation due to it's lengthened ball track but it is not plunging. GKN's AAR will take 26 deg of articulation and plunge of 55mm (2.4inches). GKN's GI will take 23 deg of articulation. The VL joint was a favourite amongst the design engineers I use to liase with but for the life of me I cannot remember what articulation it (or the VL DO) was good for.
You could also try hardy spicer as a search on the internet
Cheers
JT
RE: large angle cv joints
I have no experience with these, so I cannot offer any caveats. I picked up an offroading magazine for the first time in about six years just to see where the current "state of the art" for hobbyists is.