1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

[ddmckee54]

OK, as promised we'll open up the picture page. (Who besides me still remembers the jingle for Picture Pages?)

What you're looking at is the view from the passenger side, standing in front of the center axle looking to the rear.

I've temporarily hidden the passenger side frame rail, and just about every part of the suspension is in place now. I don't know how many leaves I will need for support, that's why there's a gap between the springs and the equalizer beam pivot bracket. I've got the springs drawn as three 0.5mm thick leaves, that may, or may not be overkill. I'll adjust the amount of leaves to suit the load, for now I'll probably just make a spacer block.

I'm still waiting for the donor axle order, according to the tracking it should be here within the next week. I sounds like the O-rings, the brass tubing, my 8" caliper, and the other odds and ends that I ordered should all get here about the same time.

Don