Differentials

If you own one of many popular AWD vehicles today, it may be fitted with a special coupling unit known as a Haldex differential. This differential design features a different approach to the problem of power distribution, and it pays to understand how the system works and how you should look after it. Read on…

Differentials made their appearance long before cars started speeding down the roadways and were once used for everything, from clocks to computers. Today, though, they’re best known for their use in controlling and transmitting an engine’s torque in automatic transmission vehicles. Like transmissions, engines and other important vehicle parts, there are many different types of…

Car diffs have become increasingly complicated over the years, evolving to meet the needs of more powerful and refined vehicles. The three most common types of car diffs are the open, locked, limited-slip, and torque vectoring differentials. What is a Car Differential? You might be thinking – what is a differential? In simple terms, car…