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speedyxjs - 4/12/08 at 08:24 AM

Final Drive and Differential?
I know what the diff is (obviously) but i need to describe a final drive.

ReMan - 4/12/08 at 08:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Final Drive and Differential?
I know what the diff is (obviously) but i need to describe a final drive.


Nothing really, though I would say that final drive is a more generic term and applies to bikes for instance too, where their final drive is the chain and two sprockets

Mr Whippy - 4/12/08 at 08:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Final Drive and Differential?
I know what the diff is (obviously) but i need to describe a final drive.


Final Drive -

Definition: The reduction ratio, found in the gearset of a drivetrain, that is furthest removed from the engine. Typically, the differential ratio.

JoelP - 4/12/08 at 08:44 AM

as mr W says, to me final drive refers more to the reduction in the diff, whereas diff refers to the actually mechanism for letting wheels spin seperately.

02GF74 - 4/12/08 at 10:46 AM

think of go cart with solid axle - no diff so final dive is the gear and axle.