Thread: 6WD Defender

Is there a power divider between the two back diffs? It doesn't seem to have load sharing suspension.

The two axles seem to have normal coil suspension with no load sharing. There is a very substantial addition to the chassis around the rear axles.
What is a power divider? There is a tailshaft back to the rear diff.
The owner was a roof tiler and I managed to catch him as he was making up a new batch of mortar for the ridge capping. He was happy to chat about the vehicle, but I didn't want to keep him from his job for too long.
Apparently it started life as a County. The rear diff has a diff lock, but I don't know how many of the other diffs are locked.
I think he has finished the job and has left.

I wonder if you get windup between the two axles driving on sealed roads.

As panels etc are bolt-pop rivet on could it have started life as an Army 6wd, they ran the Isuzu 3 litre motor and 4 speed box.


Regards

Mike

A power divider is sort of like a CDL - shares the drive equally between two diffs in a bogie drive setup. You can also have diff locks (on each diff) or a combined power divider/ diff lock system commonly called cross-locks. Lots of fun trying to steer a bogie drive truck with the cross-locks in

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

I wonder if you get windup between the two axles driving on sealed roads.

Not unless they're locked - without locks, they're just like a normal open diff, just there's two of them

The owner said it was stronger than the Perentie setup.
It was a civilian build done at Narooma or Nowra. (Short term memory problem. ) Both towns are nearby and I have forgotten which one he said.
He was just doing the finishing touches on the new house next door, so I didn't have a lot of time to talk to him.

Originally Posted by donh54

A power divider is sort of like a CDL - shares the drive equally between two diffs in a bogie drive setup. You can also have diff locks (on each diff) or a combined power divider/ diff lock system commonly called cross-locks. Lots of fun trying to steer a bogie drive truck with the cross-locks in

Better than digging holes though.