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Re: rear differential question - sorta car related - sorta not

To: Tim Holt <holtt@nacse.org>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: rear differential question - sorta car related - sorta not
From: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:37:11 -0500
Tim Holt wrote:

> Humor me here :^)
> 
> OK - so if you were going to make a 4 wheeledd pedal powered (human 
> powered) vehicle which was basically going to be just a few hundred 
> pounds at the most, and it would have two wheels powering it, would you 
> at all consider using the differential from a vehicle such as an MG to 
> drive the two wheels?  That's assuming some kind of pedal/chain/gearing 
> system was driving a main driveshaft, and then each wheel was off the 
> differential.

I would more likely use a diff off a golf-cart or other small machine to 
keep the weight down, perhaps a re-cased Austin/Morris Mini 850 diff.

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