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Posted ByCragyon on September 15, 2002 at 09:33:40:

In Reply to: Automotive rear axle posted byr dhinakaran on September 15, 2002 at 08:06:29:

: What is the need of having PERMANENT REDUCTION in automotive rear axle.

An average gasoline engine idles at 600 rpm. That is 600 revolutions per minute. The rear axle is a means to convert the engine torque and rotational velocity into somthing usefull. You would have to have a very small tire to move say, 5 miles an hour at 600 RPM. That is 10 revolutions per second...

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Subject: Re: Re: Automotive rear axle

Comments:: : What is the need of having PERMANENT REDUCTION in automotive rear axle. : An average gasoline engine idles at 600 rpm. That is 600 revolutions per minute. The rear axle is a means to convert the engine torque and rotational velocity into somthing usefull. You would have to have a very small tire to move say, 5 miles an hour at 600 RPM. That is 10 revolutions per second...

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