In a message dated 98-02-03 10:52:41 EST, you write:
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Phil writes:>>Forgive a possibly stupid question, but how does the diff
transfer power from one wheel to the other?<<
No question is stupid, but I'n not sure I can explain the phenenom. A
picture here is worth a thousond words, but here goes. The pinion
turns the ring gear which is attached to a carrier housing that
contains a set of "SPIDER" gears that are mated to side carrier gears
that the axles are splined to. Hell - I just read back over that and
it doesn't even make sense to me. Anyone else want to try this one!!! >>
Your right though
If you look at an electric drill there are gear teeth that the drill chuck
fits into. When you put the chuck into the hole in the drill and turn the
chuck you turn the gears on the drill( which is transfering the power at 90
degrees from you hand , the engine, to the chuck, the pinoin gear, to the
drill, the ring gear. ) now if you notice the drill bit is tight to the drill,
the drill being the ring gear and carrier and the drill bit being the axle,
like the axle is splined into the spider gears in the carrier. No the power
transfers from you hand ( the engine and tranny ect) to the chuck ( pinion
gear ), to the drill ( the ring gear and carrier with spider gears ) to the
drill bit ( the axle of your truck).
Hope that helps a little!
Keredt
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