I am on the research and development of a FLAT TYPE DIFFERENTIAL for trucks and rear wheel driven cars. Usually we see the sphere shaped hub type differential on the axle (rear) of trucks and rear wheel driven cars. It may give several advantages if this is a flat type with no semisperical downward projection. The bottom level of rear axle in line with differential will give more bottom clearance and that way avoiding costly repair if the case of differential hits stones or other obstacles on road. http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/BlogId/22/Default.aspx en-US ultimateconsultants@vsnl.net info@engineering.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:54:14 GMT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:54:14 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.21439 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Flat type differentials can reduce the risk of hitting rocks and other obstacles on the road. With a flat type differential, the driver only has to judge whether the obstacle can be straddled without hitting the front axle.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If so, the rear axle will also pass over the obstacle. Moreover, a flat type differential simply looks better.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/EntryID/41/Default.aspx ultimateconsultants@vsnl.net http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/EntryID/41/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.engineering.com/Default.aspx?tabid=3207&EntryID=41 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:07:00 GMT 0 http://www.engineering.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=41