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Technical Transmission General
General Transmission issues are varied and may include several causes and ways of treatment. Transmission experts share their knowledge and provide useful tips for the industry people to follow.
When driving a car equipped with the automatic transmission
one may wonder what is a kick-down and how it should be used. This is particularly
true for novice drivers or experienced drivers, who only recently moved from
manual to automatic transmission. Let’s provide insight into this helpful
operation mode.
The car automatic transmission consists of
numerous moving elements which require not only high-quality lubrication, but
also efficient cooling. The automatic transmission oil pump helps to maintain the
necessary system pressure and to increase the efficiency of lubrication with
increasing RPM rate of the engine shaft.
The
Viscous Coupling (VC) is the transmission component intended for transmission
and leveling of torque from the center drive shaft to the front differential,
and on to the front wheels. In contrast to the hydraulic coupling and torque
converter, the VC uses a different operating principle: torque is transmitted
not through dynamic properties of fluid flow, but thanks to viscous properties
of the fluid, which fills the internal space of the VC.
The
need for towing a broken car to the nearest auto repair shop occurs not all
that frequently, but as a rule, it happens at the most inappropriate moment. Unfortunately, many drivers of cars with
automatic gearboxes have too little knowledge on this problem and often make fatal
mistakes resulting in the gearbox breakdown.
The Swedish company Koenigsegg is famous for
its creative approach in development of unique cars. But there is one super
car, produced by Koenigsegg, which deserves a special attention – the Koenigsegg
Regera. This supercar is notable not only for its 5.0 liter turbo V8 along with
three electric motors, but also for lack of a gearbox.