Old 1930's Video on How Differential Gears Work in Your Car

[SeaBreeze]

 

[NancyNGA]

Interesting, SB. Here's Richard Feyman (1983) explaining how it works on a train.

 

[Falcon]

Thanks Sea. Very interesting.

 

[imp]

I've recently been "having it out" with a guy on my Explorer (Ford) forum who claims a planetary gear-train is actually a differential gearset. Beyond that, I guess I'll not go here, unless asked. imp