There’s no bones about it: slipping transmissions cost big money, whether you’re a humble owner or a giant car company. Perhaps the best recent example is the PowerShift transmission, which in recent ...

Dodge launched its pony car at the very last moment, in 1970, after six other manufacturers had already saturated the market. The model was received with standing ovations, and the nameplate sold some ...

Problems in managing the slack limited the speed at which the line could be operated. A company technician explains, “The combined inertia of the chain and the product it is carrying cause the chain ...

The flywheel is an integral part of a manual transmission, and since it's subjected to continuous wear and tear, it will eventually fail, preventing you from shifting gears. Fortunately, that doesn’t ...

Slip clutches are commonly used to protect against overloads, but they serve other functions as well — increasing machine speeds, applying constant tension, indexing ... Let's review. A&A ...

Schaeffler has been granted a patent for a slip clutch device for electric driving machines. The device includes a torque-limiting slip clutch with an electrical insulation element to prevent ...

The objective of this work is to generate a robust slipping-clutch model that will be employed as a component for driveline dynamic simulations. The model was mainly focused on the relatively detailed ...

Americans predominantly buy automatic cars nowadays, with the number of manuals dwindling by the day. Every year, we lose a ...

Question:I own a 1997 extended-cab Ford Ranger with the 4.0-liter engine, 4x4, and automatic transmission. It has 136,000 miles on it. The check-engine light comes on intermittently. When the check ...