Basic gearing
A gear with teeth machined straight and parallel to the shaft on which they are mounted
What is a spur gear?
Planetary gears can be made very compact and yet still transmit this in great amounts
What is torque?
This housing has a removable carrier
What is a banjo?
The last reduction in a drive system
What is a final drive?
The working angle of a U-joint is restricted by
What is the speed at which it must operate?
From which of the simple machines have gears basically evolved
What is a Lever?
The rules of planetary operation
What is one held, one input, one output?
An axle the carries none of the vehicles weight
What is a full floating axle?
Small pinion gear driving a larger gear in a separate housing
What is a Bull and Pinion?
Rule three of U-joint operating angles
What is 3 degrees or less?
The method of calculating a gear ratio
What is Driven over Drive?
When any two components are held
What is direct drive?
Traction control device that utilized clutch packs
What is a limited slip or controlled traction differential?
planetary power flow that utilize more than one planetary set
What is a compound planetary gear set?
Rule one of U-joint working angles
What is .5 to 1 degree?
Allows a drive gear to turn in the same direction as a driven gear
What is an idler gear?
When the carrier is held
What is reverse?
Splits available torques equally between two drive axles
What is the inter axle or power divider?
Drives the tracks
What is a sprocket?
U-joint allowable radial clearance
What is zero?
A basic type of gear that allows power to transfer at 90 degrees
What is a bevel gear?
Planetary gears are also known as
What is epicyclical?
Two critical adjustments of a drive axle assembly that control tooth contact pattern
What is pinion depth and backlash?
Common problem leading to final drive failure
What are leaks?
Critical speed of a drive shaft is most affected by
What is the drive shaft weight?