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Subject: 
New style diffs, driving rings and 16t clutch gears
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:24:24 GMT
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Hi,

Has anybody else noticed that the new style Technic differential housings
(p/n 6573) have the same mouldings as the 16t clutch gears and could
therefore be engaged by a driving ring.

Has Lego ever used this feature in a set?
Can anyone think of a good use for this feature?

regards

William



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  Re: New style diffs, driving rings and 16t clutch gears
 
(...) Well spotted! (...) Not that I know of... (...) The obvious one I can see is different gear ratio (using the 24t gear on the diff). Means you can get a really simple 2-speed trans without external gearing (like most of TLC's multi-speed (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: New style diffs, driving rings and 16t clutch gears
 
(...) I thought of a possible idea how you could use this as a means to make a car thats both a 2wd and a 4wd, where you select between them with a lever, much like on real 4wds. (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: New style diffs, driving rings and 16t clutch gears
 
Hi William, (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)

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