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Compact pendular steered suspension

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Simple steered and driven pendular suspension. Very compact and strong, needs no rare parts. Step-by-step instruction provided.

One of my most popular and useful ideas. It’s a simple driven and steered pendular suspension, built without use of any rare parts like universal joints etc. It requires mainly liftarms and bevel gears. The full parts list can be seen here. The entire module’s dimensions are 15x8x5 studs plus wheels. The weight is 82 grams, and it has been successfully tested under 2 kilograms of load. All the moving parts are enclosed in liftarm frame. You can find a complete step-by-step instruction on the photos below.

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Media reference:

nxtasy.org, TechnicBRICKs

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  1. Sariel
    April 21st, 2012 at 09:57 | #1

    @Fin
    No, they don’t.

  2. Fin
    April 21st, 2012 at 07:58 | #2

    Dont the teeth on th diff rub the casing

  3. Sariel
    November 8th, 2011 at 22:12 | #3

    @Jon Håvard
    This design comes from before the 3-studs wide differential. I suggest to check my newer ideas.

  4. Jon Håvard
    November 8th, 2011 at 21:45 | #4

    Could you make one with the 3-studs diff? Guess you have other plans… :P no offence

  5. Sariel
    August 3rd, 2011 at 14:42 | #5

    @freakybuilders
    No, I lost this file somewhere.

  6. freakybuilders
    August 3rd, 2011 at 12:39 | #6

    Could you please send me the LDraw File to freakybuilders@web.de?

  7. Salih
    February 7th, 2011 at 12:27 | #7

    Thanks

  8. Sariel
    February 7th, 2011 at 12:23 | #8

    @Salih
    You can build one from the Lego 8880 set.

  9. Salih
    February 7th, 2011 at 12:08 | #9

    Can you post instructions for steered, independent suspension with drive or tell me a website where i can find one please?

  10. Sariel
    December 18th, 2010 at 14:16 | #10

    @Alexr
    You should add shock absorbers for stability. There are plenty of ways to do so.

  11. Alexr
    December 18th, 2010 at 13:49 | #11

    @Sariel
    so you what you are saying is that you don’t need springs.
    but wont it just tip over?

  12. Sariel
    November 5th, 2010 at 18:26 | #12

    @Bartek
    Nie.

  13. Bartek
    November 5th, 2010 at 18:23 | #13

    Szkoda, jestem Twoim fanem i często wzoruje się na Twoich projektach :D
    Miałeś może kiedyś problem z silnikiem PF XL taki iż kabelki nie łączyły??

  14. Sariel
    November 5th, 2010 at 15:34 | #14

    @Bartek
    1. Bo 90% odwiedzających to osoby spoza Polski. A po polsku moje konstrukcje opisuję na Lugpolu.
    2. Nie.

  15. Bartek
    November 5th, 2010 at 15:24 | #15

    Witaj, dlaczego tu jest wszystko po angielsku skoro to jest polska strona??
    Chciałem się spytać czy robisz instrukcje do swoich projektów ????

  16. Sariel
    October 2nd, 2010 at 08:57 | #16

    @Dan
    No, I don’t, sorry.

  17. Dan
    October 2nd, 2010 at 03:17 | #17

    Hey Sariel, would you still have the ldraw file from this, do you still have it kicking around, I’m working on changing the way it is driven and it takes way too long by physical bricks. So maybe you could send me the file? Anyways great job on this system, I’m going to be using it for my physics project involving the purpose of differential gears, it was the best one I’ve found.

  18. guillem
    September 7th, 2010 at 15:13 | #18

    Hi I have 14 years
    thank you very much, it works very well and Land Rover this Tanvi done.
    guillem greetings from spain

  19. Sariel
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