Serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties
Serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties
Ralph’s Transmissions is capable of handling transmission repair of all kinds.
A diagnostic inspection from Ralph’s Transmissions can help you avoid more costly repairs.
Ralph’s Transmissions can help you create a plan for fleet maintenance.
Differentials problems will be diagnosed accurately and solved completely.
A differential is a type of simple planetary gear that consists of a drive shaft as the input and two drive wheels as the outputs. The differential has the property that angular velocity of the carrier is the mean average of the angular velocities of the annular and sun gears.
There are two basic types of differentials
Epicyclic/planetary differential: This differential uses an epicyclic gearing to split and asymmetrically apportion torque between the rear and the front axles. In some vehicles, an epicyclic differential interconnects the engine, motor generators and the drive wheels. The advantage of an epicyclic differential is that it is relatively compact along the axis length (the sun gear shaft).
Spur gear differential. This differential is composed of spur gears only. It is made of two equally sized spur gears, one for each half shaft, with a gap between them. There is a rotating carrier on the same axis as the two shafts. Torque from a transmitter rotates this carrier.
Perhaps the most dreaded words to come out of any mechanic’s mouth would be: “Your transmission needs work.” A vehicle’s transmission can be one of the most expensive elements to repair, and of course it is not something a driver can just ignore!
There is no doubt that transmission repair jobs can cost you a fortune. It is true that transmissions problems are unavoidable, but you can take the necessary steps to ensure your car’s transmission lasts longer than it would have before. Keeping this in mind, here are a few things you will need to keep in mind in order to extend the life of your car’s transmission.