Car Gears - Explained
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- How do gears work? Why is it that the first gear gives you the most torque and hence the most acceleration? Since the first gear gives me the most acceleration why do I need to switch gears? Wouldn't it be ideal to stay in first gear. Essentially my question is why switch gears and what is the concept behind this point? This video attempts to answer these questions.
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Even years later with the lower production value, I’ve never come across a channel with more/better laid out info. I diagnosed a transmission error in my Jetta thanks to these videos 🙌 (thought I needed a whole new torque converter, thankfully just needed a flush and refill of the fluid 👍)
Metal flakes? Flushing the fluid will get rid of them but it is just a temporary fix
Jan 3rd 2024 checking in. This video is amazing ,and to see where it all started to where you are now (just saw your video with Camissa in the 911 ST) is an amazing journey! keep up the good work!
Wow you put a lot of work into this one. Glad to know you're getting paid for it.
Eco driving seems to be "use the highest gear that comfortably does the job" where as racing driving is "use the lowest gear that does not exceed the red line (apart from on a long bend where you may as well change up)"
Thanks for watching! (This is my 18,000th comment)
It’s 7 years later and I’ve learned a really great amount in this video!
This is how math class should have been!!! i could have actually learned something and passed the damn class!
Then we would never know when car A and car B ever met when one started driving from one side of the city using streets and another driving from the other side of the city using the highway.
That is not maths though. That is engineering. Maths is part of the prerequisites to learn engineering and it provides the tools and the analytical thinking that are necessary to learn other subjects. You need maths, physics and computer science (to a smaller extent) to learn engineering.
Maths need to stay abstract because they teach you how to think logically and formulate demonstrations. What is usually used in engineering are the less abstract and more intuitive aspects of maths, namely computational skills (counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, euclidian arithmetics), very basic algebra and a bit of calculus.
@@professionalprocrastinator8103 what I and many of my friends struggled with was understanding math and its uses in our daily lives. For us, initially, it was simply an exercise of menial tasks and an unending test of our patience as we were taught math- but never so much how to use math. You are right in your definition regarding math- it never did become part of my daily life until my job and hobbies required it. School taught me that math was an unending list of equations, problems, and riddles. This guy taught me how to use specific equations to better understand my vehicle...
Well, I did see through the smoke when I took physics. I enjoy viewing and understanding math formulas as a tool to be used as opposed to the brainrot that is word problems.
This video was great though. My brain needed a stretch after so long.
that amazing feeling when, as someone who isnt strong in math, i can understand the relationships and concepts being explained. massive props to EE for always explaining things so clearly. ive been watching almost every video about how cars work and it is fascinating!
It's time to remake this video. You have gotten soooo much better since then.
Yep it's great stuff to apply to Gran Turismo and Forza, for those of us who can't afford to build supercars in our garage. :)
My goodness this video is magical. It is like a whole world of understanding just unfolded. Thank you so much. I have watched many of your videos with a vague understanding so I decided to start at video #1 and work up my knowledge from there instead of starting in the middle. Great job.
Brilliantly explained. That goes for all your videos. Thanks for helping me rediscover my love of engineering and cars, something that I lost along the way. Keep up the great work and I look forward to more.
This is the best explanation of how gears work I have ever seen or heard! Thank you so much!
Excellent video! To see how far you have come with your videos is amazing! Keep up the good work
haha its great to hear back from you! im personally not old enough to drive yet but i love learning about cars because of their amazing engineering. i must say that you are very underrated for your very helpful explanations and keep doing what youre doing!
Engineering Explained, I love you. (In a completely straight way).
I'm studying heavy machinery mechanics in school (Not mechanical engineer. Here in Canada, they call it "professional school") and your videos are really helping me out. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
This has been the best explanation of this I've seen and I believe your illustration may be key. Excellent!
I love how you slam all the math on the table, very well explained [although I already knew all about this I enjoy your explanations]. You should do a follow-up on this, regarding the last 30 seconds of the video, addressing "why lower RPM gives you better gas mileage" ....... but also explaining the "sweet spots" in the RPM that get peak MPG. On a 4L 1991/2 dodge minivan, I was able to get 42 MPG once overdrive fully kicked in / no longer "clutching it" at 38 mph @ 1200 RPM. On my paper delivery route, I have an OBD2 app I always use, and I've constantly seen that my MPG is better from 2500 - 3000 RPM than 2000 - 2500 at the same engine load and/or throttle [testing back and forth] so I'm interested in how these "sweet spots" in the RPM band give MPG boosts. I've confirmed these boosts by the car's alleged MPG, the app, and the pump, in identical conditions / temps / same pump every time etc
You make the material so easy to digest man. Greatly appreciate the lesson!
absolutely INSANE video even all these years later, thank you so much for this!
I am seriously understanding cars so much better thanks to your videos. Great job man.
this video is exactly what i've been looking for as far as wanting to change my transmission and rearend gear. i now know what to expect before i even do the swap. much appreciated !!!
Great work there!!!
I appreciate your precise and to the point explanation of the topic which has sorted all my doubts regarding the subject.
Fun to see that you've answered two drastically different questions with videos a decade apart: 1st, what is dirtfish like? and 2nd my question about gear ration as I try to understand what I'm looking for when swapping a T5 for the AOD in my 1989 Laforza. Thanks!!!
Great channel. Lots of great info , right to the point and explained really nice. Keep up the great work.
This is the first video I've seen on your channel and I thought this was some decent guy doing some explanations with meh quality...But your recent videos shows that you've come REALLL FARR...damn well done! This video helped me today for my report so thank you.
From 2021!
Larger tires have greater rotational inertia (I have a few videos, if you're interested), and they also alter your gear ratio thus making it more difficult to accelerate (this can be compensated for by altering the gearing).
I was looking for a video like this, and I'm glad it was you!
@davidle24 Yes, 6000 was an arbitrary number that I picked for the redline. It will be different for every vehicle. This is the speed at which the engine will no longer be able to handle the forces and heat created, and is determined based on the strength of the components in use, the valvetrain, the size of the cylinders, and many other factors.
You are so good in simplifying this topic this way
Hope you have a good day
Wow he has been doing this for almost 10 years now, got to give him credit! That's a hard gig making videos for that long & still have a large following. He knows & puts out alot of accurate information, unlike many others. Probably why he is still relevant!
Absolutely love these early videos of yours
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I feel proud understanding this completely. Learning manual transmission, and this just helped me out a ton
This vid is badass. you have increased the replay value of all my old racing games!
So many years past this is still awesome work!
Dude, you are amazing at explaining things! Keep up the good work.
What a wonderful job of teaching automotive engineering you're doing! Thanks a great deal!
Thanks a lot!! Very, very useful series of videos!! You've helped me a lot - from all the way across the globe!
Really, I can't tell you how much this video helped me understand how gear ratios and a transmission works. Thanks so much!!
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Amazingly easy to understand video. Keep up the great work man I really love your videos :)
you are great at explaining this. I had never understood the gear system. all I hear was you have to change gears. Thanks
The three sets are for (likely) 6 gears. Each set I believe has 2 different ratios, allowing you to have multiple gears depending on how many planetary gear sets you have. Yes, this is something I need to eventually make a video on. Kinda like differentials, it's just super difficult to draw/explain. But I did differentials, and I shall eventually get to automatic gears.
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Thank you, the best video I’ve seen so far explaining gears very clearly
Great vid bro... im teaching myself about auto mechanics and this will be a highlight of my video collection... you make clear sence...thx
You could become a good teacher because you have a gift of being able to explain things well! Thank you for your vids!
@jy0408 Yes, this applies to rotaries. And the shaft of the rotary rotates 3 times for every one rotation of the rotor. Regardless, this shaft will have a certain rpm, and will manipulate the wheel speed through gearing in the same manner. The "transmission" I've shown is very simplified, but its principles apply to all transmissions.
Nice work! Very straightforward.
Fascinating - thank you! I've always wondered what gear ratios are. Please keep teaching!
I ma looking to brush up some basics to understand long gearing and short.. Thanks to you, the basics is solid now! Great job
Thank you very much . The video lesson has cleared a lot of my questions. Well explained.
This is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this! I subscribed and I will be checking out your other vids.
I am astonished at how clearly you explained this, thank you very much!
Another great video, i like how your videos are succinct. There is just enough information to get the explanation across but not so much information that people start to lose interest.
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Great job, dude! Keep up the great work.
This ks so uncluttered. One segment at a time. Thanks sir 💙
Great explanation. Subscribed
The tires are essentially part of the gearing, as the video demonstrates. The gear ratio of the driveline (diff and trans) does not change, but you go a further distance with the same rotation. This does affect the torque delivered to the ground.
I have multiple videos explaining rotational inertia if you're curious about it. Simply search my channel. :)
Thank you for explaining in all your vids! are very easy to follow! Greetings from Mexico! Keep it going!
Really nice video. Explains lots of my queries on gear ratios and how RPM behaves with gear changes.
Can you please make a video explaining torque curve with gear changes?
Wow, this is very interesting compared to your newer videos. Great job either way, i just randomly came across this looking for something else.
The video is almost 2 years old. I've since started filming with a new camera and better lighting. Thanks for the tips!
Excellent video. I was totally clueless and now I 100% understand. Thank you!
Wow you made something complicated so simple to understand! Thank you so much!
Well explained. Great work.
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Best simplified gear ratio explanation. Thank you
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Wow you're brilliant. Now I can understand how car gears work. The way you teach is really clear. I'm at a high school and am going to go to engineering at university, it will help me a lot. Thank you there. :)
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Great explanation, thanks for posting!
Excellent explanation young Sir! 🙏👍🤓
After you started talking about driving in 1st gear and broke it down for us, I gave up lol.
I suck at math, but I got the general idea of it. I don't know how you know all of that so well. Good job
I don't know who would dislike this video, because that was a brilliant explanation. Thank You
Thanks, glad you enjoy them!
Great video! I like the way you explain things keep it up!
Do you have a video on CVT - continuously variable transmission? It's a brilliant system. My girlfriend sold her Honda Fit that had a CVT and it's really fuel efficient. I'd love to understand it better.
Great channel and site, man! Thanks for sharing your passion!
Great video, keep up the good work.
BRILLIANT. Excellent! helped a lot
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@HawaiiJackJr Thanks for the idea. Check out my video on automatics vs. manuals. For manuals, I explain in detail how this process works. Automatics use a system of clutches to transfer between planetary gears, which are fairly more complicated. I will add planetary gears to the pending list of videos to make!
Thanks man, I totally see cars for what they really are. Thanks for all your vids bro!
You're welcome! I've got plenty of videos so feel free to take your time and learn as much as you desire!
A differential is used to split rotational speeds between the driven tires. A CV joint is the connection between the differential and the drive shaft, which keeps the given velocity from the diff the same speed as when it reaches the wheel.
best explanation video i ever seen.. and i have seen alot..
Correct, I've got a video on CVTs if you haven't yet watched!
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
Basically you want to shift when the force your putting down at the tires is equal to the force if you were to upshift. This means either when your engine becomes too inefficient due to high revs, or a rev limit. And the latter is usually the case, so for speed shifting at late as possible is generally the quickest.
So thankful for these videos
Thanks a lot for such a wonderful explanation...
one more thing, i dont quite beleive in "pedagogy" as the science of teaching skills, generally speaking. If things are clear in your head, you are easily able to explain them! THAT is what makes your vids so clear. thanks
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Thank you. You got to the point of crankshaft rpm limit limits top speed down the road in lowers gears very succinctly.