lightweight buggy

Hi
  well my first thought was making a drive through axle by mounting another diff on the back of the first rear axle like they used to back in the day

space was my concern also but effectively  if you use 31" tyres then youve got around 31" of space from axle to axle  so it should be possible ?

hadent really considered a drop box as i guess i would have to make it from scratch 

then i found myself looking at a vitara gearbox that was on the workshop floor

looking at the front output shaft down low  i would imagine it would be possible to machine the housing of the back end and make a new double ended shaft so that you had a flange facing forward and backwards driving the front and middle axle and then use the original rear out put in the centre top position  to drive the rearmost axle,  it maybe an idea to flip the last axle upside down so the diff was on the passenger side  to help with propshaft clearences     does that make sense ??
 

and then i moved onto the twin side by side transfer box idea  which i think offers most merit
will have to draw that i dont think i can explain it lol
 

wrote:

ok, all I can see is baby oil and power tools, what am I missing?

is that baby oil    will check when im at the workshop later today 

 

Lots of progress there. I'm sure you'll find a use for those gas shocks. A 3 wheeler maybe? Or you just one side of a 6 wheeler
As far as the baby oil, power tools and tissues are concerned ... Yeah, not going there

The Vit gearbox sounds pretty plausible for 6x6 but you'd have to be careful to unlock the front hubs on the road. If not you'd end up with horrible transmission wind up. I quite like the drive through diff idea but lining up the pinion on that second carrier must be a complete nightmare. The old Fiat Panda 4x4 used a similar setup to get drive for the back axle.  The gearbox is basically a  conventional transverse front wheel drive box with an added crown wheel on the diff driving a pinion and a dog clutch to select 4x4.

Les just a thought if you google 6x6 Land Rover Perentie you'll find some videos showing how Land Rover gets the drive to both axels. Just a thought.
and this guy gives a good idea of how you could set up the springs.