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Automotive Light Vehicles: Brakes and transmissions

Light Vehicles subject guide

Torque, power, and transmission

This video focuses on the relationships between torque, rotational speed, and power, discovering the reason that transmissions require multiple gear ratios.

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The Drivetrain

This video follows the transfer of automotive power from the gearbox through the driveshaft, to the differential and drive-wheels. Study working models of the universal joint and differential. Also explore the design of front-wheel drive, and automatic transmission.

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