But you won't find many in your car. This is because the spur gear can be really loud. Each time a gear tooth engages a tooth on the other gear, the teeth collide, and this impact makes a noise. It also increases the stress on the gear teeth. To reduce the noise and stress in ...
But you won't find many in your car. This is because the spur gear can be really loud. Each time a gear tooth engages a tooth on the other gear, the teeth collide, and this impact makes a noise. It also increases the stress on the gear teeth. To reduce the noise and stress in ...
It has three shafts: the input shaft , the layshaft and the mainshaft, which run in bearings in the gearbox casing. There is also a shaft on which the reverse-gear idler pinion rotates. The engine drives the input shaft, which drives the layshaft. The layshaft rotates the gears on ...
To achieve direct drive without change of speed or direction of rotation, the sun is locked to the ring gear and the whole unit turns as one. How a torque convertor works At high revs the reactor starts to turn. When turbine, impeller and reactor are running at the same speed, oil is...
The tie rod is part of the steering mechanism in a vehicle. A tie rod is a slender structural rod that is used as a tie and capable of carrying tensile loads only. A tie rod consists of an inner and an outer end. The spokes on a bicycle’s wheels are ti
in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always with a shark-like ...
When you push in the clutch pedal, the engine and the transmission are disconnected so the engine can run even if the car is standing still. When you release the clutch pedal, the engine and the green shaft are directly connected to one another. The green shaft and gear turn at the same...
We know better than to risk the ire of the tired metaphor police by describing Forza Motorsport’s launch as ‘a bumpy road’ or ‘in need of some development packages’, but nevertheless fans did voice some displeasure at some aspects of Turn 10’s largely stellar racing sim. The...
Motorcycle engines work the same way that car engines do. They consist of pistons, a cylinder block and a head, which contains the valve train. The pistons move up and down in the cylinder block, driven by explosions of a fuel-air mixture that has been ignited by a spark. Valves...
You just needenoughof a range. (Think of it like this: There’s no use in buying a car that goes 250 mph because you’re not allowed to drive that fast. More isn’t necessarily better.) The only way to tell what the gear range of a bike is like is to take it on a test ride...