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Differential gears explained by Drift on Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:58 pm
Came across this little gem, its old but explains the principle in a very simply put way.

Fast forward to the start at 1.50 :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc
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Re: Differential gears explained by drinksoptional on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:25 am
:well done: :well done:
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Re: Differential gears explained by Sir-Doris on Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:41 am
Kewl! That was great. A case of an oldie but a goldie :D :D :D

There is nothing like an actual demonstration to show you how things work ;-)
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Re: Differential gears explained by alex on Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:44 pm
purfec that is, I now at last understand the diff.
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Re: Differential gears explained by frontydan on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:04 pm
WOW, what a find,
that is such a simple concept..... strange how diffs have always seemed to be alien and engineering wizardry to me, until you watch that and it is so simple.

Cheers for the link Ste that is bloody marvelous.

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Re: Differential gears explained by Jellyfish on Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:31 am
Thats really cool.

Explained in such a simple way.

You ask for things to be explained today and you wish you had not bothered.

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Re: Differential gears explained by bobbinsjob on Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:45 pm
At last, i understand how it works, well done Ste, great find....Now can you run along and find one on how a LSD works cos i'm still none the wiser :roll:
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Re: Differential gears explained by Road Hog on Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:13 pm
There you go Ian................. LSD :wink:
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Re: Differential gears explained by Rich on Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:58 pm
thats a nice find Ste :D :D :D
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