what's the low-buck setup?
what's the low-buck setup?
I just got the BEC book. I'll skim that section for ya when I get a chance.
Make your own? It's really not that hard, or expensive, and that way you can use the differential you want with stock half-shafts. This is the one I made. I cost me about 300$, and I had to pay for the machining. If you have a buddy machinist, you can replicate for about 100$ to 150$.
In reply to fanfoy:
How are you handling lubrication? Is that machined piece of aluminum a sealed housing for the differential? The output bearings?
In reply to Ian F:
The machined aluminum part is a sealed bell that goes over the differential. The disc brake and sprocket are bolted to it. It has a plug on it (not shown in pic) where you fill the oil. The entire thing is rotating on two bearings that are mounted to the mounting "wings" with the six socket bolt shown in the picture. The bearing carriers are machined aluminum, but you could probably use a commercial bearing housing for it.
This is basically my (low-buck, heavy) version of what the FSAE teams do. And what you get commercially for BEC's. You can check out "this book" for a ton of similar examples. It what I used to design mine.
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