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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 6, 2016 15:31:24 GMT
For any who are unsure I have picturised the two types of hub design I was talking about here. The main differences are that in a semi floating design the driveshaft is weight bearing and only has a single bearing, as you can see moving the point of load further away from the bearing such as happens with wheel spacers will significantly increase stresses in the bearing and drive shaft. In a fully floating hub on the other hand the drive shaft is not weight bearing and can in fact be removed with the vehicles weight on its wheels. The main differences are that the bearings, and there are two of them, run on the outside of the axle tube. Because of this the weight sits closer to the bearing to start with so moving the load further away will have a less significant effect on the wheel bearings and no effect on the driveshaft. There is a half way house between the two designs which uses one bearing running on the outside of the axle tube, this is known as 3/4 floating.
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thebear54
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Those who say it can't be done, should not interupt the people doing it !
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Post by thebear54 on Jul 13, 2016 12:40:37 GMT
A very happy owner came by on Saturday to pick up the repaired DAF 750. We had a slight problem getting on to the hire trailer because now the track was 2 inches less.....LOL Had to improvise with sheets of plywood over the ramps. All in all it went without major problems. Roy reported that he & the family of four drove the DAF to a graduation party on Sunday (a 24 mile trip) and were very pleased. John
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Post by mattsdafs on Jul 13, 2016 18:40:35 GMT
Nice..well done John..
Glad the little Daf did them proud at the graduation..hope to hear more updates from time to time.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 14, 2016 17:14:08 GMT
I have that problem putting DAFs on my LT. I'm still working on a solution so that I can carry my mates Morgan 3 wheeler
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