How differential gear works. Fantastic oldschool vid.

[Locut0s]

Great oldschool vid explaining how a differential gear works!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F40ZBDAG8-o

 

[FallenHero]

These old school vids always seem to be more helpful then any newer ones out there.

 

[Juked07]

I enjoyed that. Never thought too much about it before, and this is a very clever solution to a somewhat subtle engineering challenge.

 

[eldorado99]

you're right,i agree with u .

me2thx .

 

[BoomerD]

Nicely done. I saw either that one, or one very similar to it when I was a first-year apprentice studying mechanics. Over the years, I've rebuilt more differentials than I'd like to count...but the mechanics of them has always amazed me...so complex...yet so simple.

 

[Analog]

like +1

 

[caddlad]

Noice.

 

[Arcadio]

Reps. That was very good. Never thought about that before.

 

[Vette73]

Yep spider gears FTW.

Good way to blow them up is to neutral drop your car. Had to rebuild a diff in a 944 when someone did a ND and blew their gears up.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Good way to blow them up is to neutral drop your car. Had to rebuild a diff in a 944 when someone did a ND and blew their gears up.

Other components are likely to fail before the diff if you do that. The quickest way to kill a diff (in particular the spider gears) is to do a single-spinner burnout. I've done three of my own in that way. First time the LSD failed and caused the single spin, other times I was too poor to replace with an LSD. Man I was a stupid teenager.

 

[TheBloodguard]

I enjoyed that. Never thought too much about it before, and this is a very clever solution to a somewhat subtle engineering challenge.

also

 

[mrblotto]

Quite interesting. Never really thought about it

 

[ShawnD1]

That's actually a really cool video. Thanks!

 

[NoCreativity]

Great video.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/VIDEOS/fire_control_computer_1.html

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/VIDEOS/fire_control_computer_2.html

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Other components are likely to fail before the diff if you do that. The quickest way to kill a diff (in particular the spider gears) is to do a single-spinner burnout. I've done three of my own in that way. First time the LSD failed and caused the single spin, other times I was too poor to replace with an LSD. Man I was a stupid teenager.

Yup, when you do a single tire fire one wheel is going 0 and the other at double the speedometer. The spider gears are meant to handle minor differences in speeds, not 120MPH differences.

(not a differential failure, but still bad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFdCKRlgQVQ

I do like the way the OP's video explained it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Informative video, actually makes sense.

 

[Trey22]

Well I learned something today... great vid!

 

[KoolAidKid]

Cool vid, thanks!

 

[Ichinisan]

Better version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc#t=02m00s

-Higher resolution
-Not cut-off at the beginning and end

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Seen it before.

But good video :thumbsup:

 

[Drako]

LOL, I like how the narrator says "spokes".

 

[mizzou]

I like this. And I also like Cheese.

 

[mizzou]

the whole video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc&feature=related

 

[0roo0roo]

http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2010/08/complicated-mechanisms-explained-in.html