LESSON RECAP:

IDENTIFYING THE PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY

SET A SET B
FINAL DRIVE GEAR
[DIFFERENTIAL]
ANTHONY N. ARGANDA
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• RING GEAR- THE BIGGEST GEAR OF THE DIFFERENTIAL
• RPM – REVOLUTION PER MINUTE/ SPEED
• CORNER – THE ACT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING
LEFT OR RIGHT
• AXIS – ROTATION OF THE GEAR
FINAL DRIVE GEAR/ DIFFERENTIAL

AN ENGINE FORCE IS TRANSMITTED TO THE

TRANSMISSION UNIT WITH THE DESIRED SPEED OF THE
OPERATOR GOING TO THE DIFFERENTIAL AND
DISTRIBUTED TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT AXLE SHAFTS.
 THE DIFFERENTIAL ALLOWS THE DRIVE WHEELS TO
TURN AT A DIFFERENT RPM WHILE RECEIVING POWER
FROM THE ENGINE.

POWER FORM THE ENGINE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE

RING GEAR THROUGH THE PINION GEAR. RING GEAR IS
CONNECTED TO THE SIDE GEARS.
PARTS OF DIFFERENTIAL
ASSEMBLY
1. RING GEAR/ CROWN WHEEL
2. DRIVE PINION/ BEVEL PINION
3. DIFFERENTIAL SIDE GEARS/
SUN GEARS
4. DIFFERENTIAL PINIONS/ SPIDER
GEARS/ PLANET GEARS
5. DIFFERENTIAL CASE/ HOUSING
6. AXLE SHAFTS/ HALF AXLES
2 SCENES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL
ASSEMBLY

1. WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING A STRAIGHTFORWARD

DIRECTION
THE SPIDER GEAR ROTATES ALONG WITH THE GEAR
BUT NOT ROTATES ON ITS OWN AXIS MAKES THE SIDE
GEAR ROTATES ON THE SAME SPEED. THE SPIDER-SIDE
GEAR ASSEMBLY WILL MOVE AS A SINGLE SOLID UNIT.
2. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TAKING A
TURN/CORNERING.
SPIDER GEARS ROTATE ALONG THE RING GEAR
WHILE ROTATING ALSO ON ITS OWN AXIS.
IN THIS CASE, ONE SIDE GEAR RECEIVES
HIGHER SPEED COMPARED TO THE OTHER.
THIS MAKES THE DIFFERENTIAL MANAGES THE
ROTATION OF THE DRIVE WHEELS INTO DIFFERENT
ROTATIONS.
REAR
AXLE
WRITE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. It is the biggest gear inside the differential assembly.

a. Pinion gear c. Spider Gear
b. Side gear d. Ring gear
2. What happen when the vehicle is running on a straight
forward direction?
a. The spider gear rotates on its axis
b. The side gear rotates on different axis
c. The spider-side gear rotates in a different axis
d. The spider-side gear rotates as a one single solid unit.
3. It is consider as a heart of the differential.
a. Pinion gear c. Spider Gear
b. Side gear d. Ring gear

4. It allows the drive wheel to turn at a different RPM

while receiving power from the engine.
c. Differential c. Side gears
d. Drive wheels d. Spider gears
5. Power from the engine is transferred to the ring gear
through the __________.
a. Pinion gear c. Spider Gear
b. Side gear d. Ring gear