Your right about the doctor and about the steering control. Steering is handled by hydraulic like outboards on a boat. Its the introduction of an hydraulic pump/motor linkage between the axle and the wheel that i was concerned about. Do you know if this introduction can act in the same way as a...
Theoretical at the moment but i need to use hydraulic wheel motors - the height is unimportant. really just wanting to know if i can go down the path of using hydraulics as in the example above to replace your suggestion of multiply-telescoping drive-shafts and U joints without getting a degree...
In this exercise i need to obtain differential and not skid steering for the vehicle and just thought it may be possible to use a combination of mechanical and hydraulic. thanks
If I had a 4X4 car and wished to raise it up to increase ground clearance by 10 feet, (looking something like a travel lift) keep the diffs and axels in their original position and attach 4 separate hydraulic pumps to the end of the axels to drive 4 hydraulic wheel motors at ground level – Would...