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  1. 1st August 2011, 06:52 PM #1
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    Hugo 8x8

    G'day all, just in browsing the net I came across this HUGO 8x8. it has some landie parts in her and is very interesting.

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  2. 2nd August 2011, 07:01 PM #2
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    Nice looking jigger.
    Do the front two axles steer?
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    It's a shame the Esarco/Hugo/Stewart Stevenson 8x8s failed commercially.
    But it was a complex beast and probably a maintenance liability. The decision to use closely spaced beam axles with conventional differentials resulted in a whole bunch of compromises with severe propshaft universal joint angles and restricted axle articulation.I would imagine the severely tilted up salisbury diffs would have regularly fried pinion bearings for breakfast too.
    Probably would have been more successfull with all independant suspension.
    Worm drive diffs with thru drive worm shafts would also greatly simplify the transmission system and only require the one transfercase.Unfortunately as far as I'm aware peugeot 404s from the 1970s were the last vehicles to employ worm drives.
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    Edit. Sleepy, front and rear axles steered.
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  4. 6th August 2011, 09:10 PM #4
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    I actually found it by searching for 8x8 landie after reading wagoo's 8x8 inter thread.


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