Ducato van diy part-time 4x4 - rear axle drive P4 hybrid

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A rather amateur shot video, from several months ago (sept.2020), just to give an impression of the install of the rear differential with custom shafts to the driven wheel hubs of the rear axle. Well, it was a small drama to finally decide on how to mount the electric motor which demanded a hole cutting in the vehicle floor to allow sufficient ground clearance for the motor when installed. I could not find any better alternative because of how the motor and gearbox are integrated as an eAxle unit, although i am not using it in that way. In the picture you can see how is retained the original Mitsubishi alloy front support, the shiny cross member in the front of the diff. I hope it can be appreciated that a sufficient ground clearance is maintained for the installed differential above the ground. This was not an easy work. The differential unit is from a 2004 model Mitsubishi Shogun(Pajero) with manual Locking possible. It is really a heavy beast (52kg) and the drive shafts are of generous diameter compared to any modern day AWD car. This differential was really built with a large margin for heavy torque abuse. So i am satisfied it is not a weak link in the case of enough wheel torque for an off-road recovery.

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