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What is happening under the car

10 videos, 2 h 09

10 videos on the mechanisms a car hides: clutch, gearbox, differential, hydraulics, carburettor. Animations, cutaways, and 3 famous training films from the 1930s.

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01
How a Manual Transmission and Clutch Works
Animagraffs
Start here. Clear animation of the clutch and gearbox doing their job.
02
Differentials - Explained
Engineering Explained
Why the driven wheels turn at different speeds, and what the diff does about it.
03
Differential explained - How differential works open, limited slip
The Engineering Mindset
The same part in cutaway animation, with open and limited slip compared.
04
Differential | How does it work? : DON'T SUBSCRIBE
Sabin Civil Engineering
A third pass on the differential, built up gear by gear.
05
Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937)
US Auto Industry
The 1937 film that still explains this better than most. Worth the detour.
06
Spinning Levers - How A Transmission Works (1936)
US Auto Industry
Gears as levers, demonstrated with models. The gearbox stops being abstract.
07
Hydraulics (1936)
US Auto Industry
Hydraulic pressure from first principles, which is what your brakes run on.
08
How Does A Carburetor Work? | Transparent Carburetor at 28,546 fps Slow Mo - Smarter Every Day 259
SmarterEveryDay
A see-through carburettor filmed in slow motion. You can watch the fuel atomise.
09
Once You Understand it, You Will Think Everything Else is Silly - Toyota E-CVT
driving 4 answers
The hybrid transmission with no clutch and no gears, taken apart conceptually.
10
The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox
Driver61
The same problem solved with no compromises, which shows what the compromises were.