I learn a lot from that site too.
Maybe someone one the list can help... The site says that an "open"
differential supplies equal torque to both wheels, and if either starts
to slip, the torque on both goes to near zero, because the one that is
slipping will just spin faster. The only solution to this is a limited
slip differential.
Seems to me that in most cars there is a drive wheel and a non-drive
wheel. If the drive wheel slips, you have no torque at either wheel, but
if the non-drive wheel slips, you still have torque at the drive wheel.
What am I missing?
Don
Differential:
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential2.htm
Simple Transmission:
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission2.htm
Real Transmission:
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission3.htm
Synchronizers:
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission4.htm
Gary Fluke wrote:
> Don,
>
> Thanks a lot for the recommendation of the site, it really cleared up a few
> things I did not totally understand.
>
>
> Gary
> '73
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Malling" <dmallin@attglobal.net>
> To: "6-Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:52 AM
> Subject: How stuff works --> Differentials
>
>
>
>>I saw this link on the MG board a month or so ago.
>>
>>I thought it might be interesting for "you" beginners who always
>>wondered how the synchronizers worked, what the layshaft was or what the
>>pinions gears did.
>>
>>Of course, I knew all this stuff.... ;-)
>>
>>
>>Don Malling
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