Several years ago 4x4 enthusiast interest in portal axles had been piqued, and rightly so. No other modification offers the same increase in ground clearance, lift, and the low gearing needed for ...

Portal axles are one of those killer off-road features that not many people know about, and even fewer people add them to their own rigs. It's a one-stop way to add higher ground clearance without ...

There are several advantages to portal axles, where a geared hub is placed outboard on the axle assembly. More ground clearance is the most obvious advantage, but adding gearing at the end of the ...

The Unimog has earned its reputation as one of the most off-road capable vehicles on the planet, thanks to its portal axles, compact overhangs, and extraordinary ground clearance. But, as it turns out ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...