That's the whole deal right there in a nutshell. The entire assembly provides
"differential" action, that's it's whole purpose in life, and why it's called a
differential in real speak. :-)
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> On May 10, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Mike Myers <mdmyersct@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Daniel is correct - the differential is actually the spider gears inside the
> carrier that to which the ring gear or crown wheel is bolted. These gears
> allow the rear wheels to rotate independently when need to travel different
> distances when turning corners, thus providing a "differential" rotation. We
> just get lazy and refer to the whole thing as a diff.
>
> Mike Myers
>
>> On May 10, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> This is a differential in Yankee talk.
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