Comparison between normal and portal axlesPinzgauer portal axle
A portal axle (or portal gear lift) is an off-road vehicle suspension and drive technology where the axle tube or the half-shaft is offset from – usually above – the center of the wheel hub and where driving power is transferred to each wheel via a simple gearbox, built onto each hub.[1] It gives two advantages: ground clearance is increased, particularly beneath the low-slung differential housing of the main axles — and secondly, any hub reduction gearing allows the axle half shafts to drive the same power but at reduced torque (by using higher shaft speed). This reduces load on the axle crown wheel and differential.
The portal gear configuration is also sometimes called a drop gear or drop gearset configuration[2][3] (which, despite its similarity to the term dropped axle, produces the opposite effect).
^"New Spicer portal axles for compact utility tractors - introduced by Off-Highway Systems Group of Dana Corp". Diesel Progress North American Edition.
A portalaxle (or portal gear lift) is an off-road vehicle suspension and drive technology where the axle tube or the half-shaft is offset from – usually...
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height and lower effective gearing by using reduction boxes, a form of portalaxles. 181s without reduction boxes feature a transmission similar to the Beetle...
A dropped axle is the axle of a vehicle that is bent upwards towards the ends, i.e. the centre is 'dropped'. This gives two advantages: the centre of gravity...
coil sprung beam portalaxles with a central torque tube and transverse links. Having portalaxles, the wheels' centres are below the axle centre, which...
tank with a capacity of 27 litres instead of 20, uprated springs, new portalaxles and new rims without the four apertures at an angle of 90°. 1965 In this...
sliding gear arrangement: four forward and one reverse, transmitted to a portalaxle. The A featured a wide front wheel track with an offset engine, intended...
four-wheel-drive Type 86 Kübelwagen prototype. The Kommandeurswagen included a portalaxle, a Schwimmwagen drivetrain, wider fenders, and oversized Kronprinz all-terrain...
designed as a 7,5-ton truck. Like other Unimogs it has a ladder frame, portalaxles and coil springs. The Unimog 435 was built with two different wheelbases...
contains five total gears: four forward and one reverse, transmitted via a portalaxle. It was similar to the Farmall A, using the same engine moved back to...
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ground clearance to clear crop plants while cultivating (helped by a portalaxle [drop gearset]), power take-off (a feature on which IH was an early leader)...
4x4 factory built, uses Toyota Mega Cruiser's transmission and front portalaxle differentials The Toyota Coaster is used for motor home conversions....
from the first-generation Type 2 T1 (1950–1967) at the front and the portalaxles used on both the Type 82 Kübelwagen and early Type 2 on the rear hubs...
in the prototypes) from Volvo's civilian cars. The C3 series feature portalaxles with locking differentials resulting in very high ground-clearance (similar...
self-locking differentials on the front and rear axles. As with the Kübelwagen, the Schwimmwagen had rear portalaxles, which provided increased ground clearance...
swing axle, Hotchkiss drive, or live axle. Because it plays no part in transmitting power to the drive wheels, it is sometimes called a "dead axle". A powered...
(ATeMM). A single ATeMM module has a single air-sprung, steer-capable portalaxle, a kerb weight of 1,600 kg, and a payload of 1,150 kg. Dimensions are...
Studebaker US6 and Russian ZiL. Due to the design incorporating portalaxles (axles positioned high above the wheels axis), the V3S has a high ground...
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