Sometimes these concepts are hard to get your head around. I love how simple explanations help it all to "click" in one's mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc&feature=player_embedded
there's a couple minutes of "Indian Ballet" before the instruction begins.
Thanks for posting! Very informative, for me atleast.
That was great thanks
Very cool, thanks!
Awesome. I wonder if there's more in the same 'series'.
I said on another forum where this vid was posted that I'd love to see something similar to describe the various types of LSDs...
White_and_Nerdy wrote:I said on another forum where this vid was posted that I'd love to see something similar to describe the various types of LSDs...
...like a Torsen. Those things are the definition of mechanical witchcraft.
"IT IS CALLED....THE DIFFERENTIAL"
Love the style of narration. I expected a flourish of horns at that pronouncement.
I did not see where the fixed bar was leading. Nice illustration!
Torsens are powered by voodoo.
i was waiting for Mickey Mouse to jump in the shot to drive the power to the diff...
Awsome!! imagine a car company today trying to describe yaw control or NVH dampening with this kind of film!
I like the 1930's homoerotic "stunting" in the first couple minutes.
andrave wrote:I like the 1930's homoerotic "stunting" in the first couple minutes.
I lawl'd.
Hey, could you stand on that guy's shoulders and rub your crotch in my face while I ride this indian?
thanks!
andrave wrote:Hey, could you stand on that guy's shoulders and rub your crotch in my face while I ride this indian?
thanks!
What are "Things said by construction guy to Navy guy," Alex.
jg
JG Pasterjak wrote:andrave wrote:Hey, could you stand on that guy's shoulders and rub your crotch in my face while I ride this indian?
thanks!
What are "Things said by construction guy to Navy guy," Alex.
jg
That killed me. I'm dead now.
thedude wrote:White_and_Nerdy wrote:I said on another forum where this vid was posted that I'd love to see something similar to describe the various types of LSDs...
...like a Torsen. Those things are the definition of mechanical witchcraft.
The one I'd really like to see would be a cam-and-pawl. I've been having the toughest time figuring out how they're supposed to work.
Good vid, I just ran across this related one that helps explain torsen diffs:
It's impressive that they came up with things like diffs in the thirties or before (like the whole mechanics of engines and transmissions) while we still sometimes struggle wrapping our minds around the concept.
Then again I'm a touch-n-feel type of a person so until I take it all apart and put it back together it's hard for me to comprehend it.
I'd love to build model diff/engine/trans from scratch just for the heck of it...that'd be so cool. Only if I had a lathe, a mill, a tig...
I'm surprised anyone thought one-wheel-drive was a good idea 
I thought solid axles were used before diffs...
Oh and here's an explanation of cam and pawl diffs. They look really complicated but in concept they're so simple and primitive it's ugly:
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=101634
http://www.taylor-race.com/pdf/understanding_differentials.pdf
http://www.rmahc.com/differentials.html (about half way down)
