[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: limiting loads Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:57:27 In Reply to: Re: limiting loads, George, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:52:46 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Good, I hope your trans is ok!

It is possible that that scenario might result in a broken gear, but I'd doubt it. Picture the tire sitting on the road. In order for the tire to rotate and move forward it has to "push off" from the road surface, just like a sprinter coming out of the blocks. The friction between the road surface and the tire is what balances/resists that force and allows the tire to roll forward. If the tire pushes back on the road with a force greater than the friction force available, the tire will just spin. This act of "lighting the tires up", or "burning out" is something that lots of people do, and generally doesn't damage the cars trans., although clutches do suffer. Anyway, back to the illustration, in what I described, we were looking at the tire applying force to the road and rotating, but the same forces are at work when the road tries to turn the tire. From a force standpoint, it doesn't matter whether the tire is moving and the road is stationary, or the tire is stationary (locked) and the road is moving.

Does that help a bit? I'm dying for a blackboard and a piece of chalk; I'm afraid that my word pictures aren't good enough. I'm also not trying to be patronising, so if you already knew this then forgive me.

Mike

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• Installing new engine-what additional parts, George, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:24:38
  • Re: Installing new engine-what additional parts, Dean, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:37:46
    • The wheels did not lock up--I heard a thunk..., George, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:29:43
      • limiting loads, MJM , Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:09:13
        • Re: limiting loads, George, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:52:46
          • Re: limiting loads, MJM , Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:57:27 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Light bulb just went on... its all clear to me now...Thank you!!!, George, Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:07:39
              • you're welcome. nm, MJM , Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:35:24
  • International Saab?, ckpaden, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:08:21
  • George, how much is the dealer charging you (ballpark)..nm, Aldo, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:25:42
    • About $1500.00, is this right???, George, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:38:13

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