Denisefwd93
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- Location
- South East PA
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- stock, may get leveling springs in front "somday"
- Tire Size
- 235
Rainy day engineering.....
Thinking outside around the electronic...
Not trying to take away from our friend making the shiftster, just doing my own brainstorming LOL
If I understand it right, the shaft for the electric transfer case has to turn more than 180 degrees?
Does rotating the shaft require more than hand muscle?
Mental picture: Mount a flexible shaft with a mechanical coupling on the t-case shaft, route cable up to cab connect the shiftster, or something like it at that end. A flexible shaft doesn't twist they are actually used in boats for steering.
link to one manufacturer of such a cable maker.
http://www.machinedesign.com/mechanical-drives/flexible-rotary-shaft-operation-uses-and-advances
Push pull cable operation:
A push pull cable connected to a push-button lock 3 position lever something like you see on a bicycle. (But not that small) a boat engine control is closer to the idea.
On the t-case;
a gear & rack with a ratio and torque to turn the shaft. Essentially a small rack and pinion! The difference would be the rack moves gear. kind of reverse of steering in a car where the gear turns and the rack moves
For safety; get Ron or other automotive electrical genius to wire in a saftey lock to only let it work when in neutral. a 12 volt solenoid pin only unpins the gear when neutral?
Please feel free to run with this idea!
Seems doable to me but I like to tinker and I've been around engineers and builders all my life. My Hungarian gene pool is probably the cause. One of my ancestors invented the radial airplane engine. But they also plundered and burned villages.
Thinking outside around the electronic...
Not trying to take away from our friend making the shiftster, just doing my own brainstorming LOL
If I understand it right, the shaft for the electric transfer case has to turn more than 180 degrees?
Does rotating the shaft require more than hand muscle?
Mental picture: Mount a flexible shaft with a mechanical coupling on the t-case shaft, route cable up to cab connect the shiftster, or something like it at that end. A flexible shaft doesn't twist they are actually used in boats for steering.
link to one manufacturer of such a cable maker.
http://www.machinedesign.com/mechanical-drives/flexible-rotary-shaft-operation-uses-and-advances
Push pull cable operation:
A push pull cable connected to a push-button lock 3 position lever something like you see on a bicycle. (But not that small) a boat engine control is closer to the idea.
On the t-case;
a gear & rack with a ratio and torque to turn the shaft. Essentially a small rack and pinion! The difference would be the rack moves gear. kind of reverse of steering in a car where the gear turns and the rack moves
For safety; get Ron or other automotive electrical genius to wire in a saftey lock to only let it work when in neutral. a 12 volt solenoid pin only unpins the gear when neutral?
Please feel free to run with this idea!
Seems doable to me but I like to tinker and I've been around engineers and builders all my life. My Hungarian gene pool is probably the cause. One of my ancestors invented the radial airplane engine. But they also plundered and burned villages.
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