2006-09-14 06:46:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It does more than one thing. As you know, the drive shaft can't turn the rear axle without the diff. changing the direction of the spin.
Second, as you turn a corner, the drive wheels are spinning at different speeds. The diff., allows this to happen without the tire wear that would occur if you had a solid axle spinning both wheels at the same speed.
Third, the gears in a diff. can be changed to give faster acceleration, or better gas mileage, as desired.
2006-09-14 07:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The differential is the final drive component in the drive line. Meaning the engine makes the power the transmission sends the power and the rear end takes the power and converts into movement of the vehicle.
2006-09-14 06:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by ebay junkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The differential transfers the power from the left to the right wheel on front and rear transmissions.
Without it the car won't turn.
Only one wheel at a time an deliver the power.
2006-09-14 06:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by fantapattaya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cooking oil is mainly vegetable oil. Crude oil comes from the ground and is more abundant. Also, crude oil has to be processed and separated into the different grades before they can be used as fuel for automobiles. Currently, some people use bio fuel, which is made from vegetables like corn and oil balsam. However, it requires a different kind of engine and is more expensive. Since petrol is more abundant, people stick to it.
2016-03-27 01:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you go around a corner 1 wheel has to travel farther than the other without the differential the wheel with the least wait would be forced to slip. On a front wheel drive car it would also make it harder to steer.
2006-09-14 11:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Mark G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To transfer to the wheels as needed. One may require more power than another depending on the driving conditions.
2006-09-14 06:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by limgrn_maria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to disribute power to the rear wheels evenly
2006-09-14 06:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by twopipes1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-14 06:49:48 · answer #8 · answered by Papa John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋