Don't worry had me confused as well, I knew I should have not skipped
the class on differential operations but all good now. Those nice
diagrams on wikipedia explain it nicely. I guess the spider gears have a
2:1 ratio.
Speaking of things I did not know cause I wasn't paying attention, did
you know that the Chrysler 300 came with a Diesel engine in England and Oz?
However don't get too excited, the OM642 had some serious issues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_OM642_engine a fella over
here had his fail at 70k kmhs.
Which leads me onto one of my pet hates, the geniuses who write crap on
wikipedia:
" The*Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine*is a 3.0-liter, 72° 24-valve, aluminum
block dieselV6 engine
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V6_engine>manufactured by theMercedes-Benz
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz>division ofDaimler AG
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_AG>"
Mercedes-Benz division? I didn't know that Daimler had a MB division, I
am thinking MB is a brand name for Daimler, cooked up when Daimler and
Benz had to jump into bed together.
Anyway wikipedia articles relating to Daimler and it's stuff is full of
this sort of thing, I might have to do some editing there.
Also the claim that the G-wagen is Daimlers longest produced vehicle is
rubbish, far as I know the Unimog holds that title.
Hendrik
who is dazed and confused but thanks to the smart people here is slowly
getting better
On 04/03/14 00:04, Curt Raymond wrote:
I get it now and retract my previous question. I had thought the original post
said that the speedo would have to read 160 to hit 80mph rotational speed. I
re-read and realize it says no such thing.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:39:37 -0700
From: Craig <diese...@pisquared.net>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding bad vibrations BS
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On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:36:50 +1030 Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com>
wrote:
This is all very confusing but I need to know the science behind it,
otherwise I'll have to believe in magic, as that is the only
explanation I can think of as to why a tire would spin at twice the
normal speed.
With an ordinary, non-limited slip, non-Torsen differential, if both rear
wheels are turning at the same rate, as in driving down a straight, dry
road, they will go the speed indicated by the speedometer. If one wheel
is held still and the other is allowed to rotate freely, like with the
car on jack stands or with one wheel on ice and one wheel on dry
pavement, the wheel that is rotating will rotate with twice the speed
indicated by the speedometer. That's how an ordinary differential works.
Craig
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