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Subject:	Re: Posi-trac differential?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Fri, 7 Sep 2001 16:02:54 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Brian B. Alano writes: > Got some pictures posted at > http://www.kiva.net/~alano/brian/torsen/ Nice work! A completely different approach than I took! Those dark grey gears are nifty for things like this. I wish there was a smaller piece that could be used to lock them on... Actually I think there is. did you use a technic triangle in your diff housing? If so, you could stick a couple of the small offset crankshaft pieces in the two side holes of the triangle. The ends lock onto the gear teeth. I did this in one of my mechanisms: http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/images/ideas/fourway1/selgear.jpg http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/images/ideas/fourway1/selector.jpg The trade off is that you have to use two of the dark grey gears. Anyway, I like your implementation of the Torsen! Rob

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		Re: Posi-trac differential?
You can substitute 16-tooth gears in place of the crankshaft pieces to jam the dark grey gear. The disadvantage is the extra width. Dennis (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Posi-trac differential?
(...) version than I wanted. I took some digital pics before I tore it apart. (...) idler. The four 8t gears were the "worm wheels" meshed with the worm gear, and the 16t gears meshed in pairs to mechanically connect the two sides of the diff. The (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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