THIS ESSAY IS ABOUT HOW AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WORKS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS HAVE ALL THE FEATURES OF MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS AND A LOT MORE. HAPPY READING...
Date Submitted: 05/31/2002 17:20:56
Category: / Science & Technology / Engineering
Length: 15 pages (4110 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Engineering
Length: 15 pages (4110 words)
How Automatic Transmissions Work
by Karim Nice
If you have ever driven a car with an automatic transmission, then you know that there are two big differences between an automatic transmission and a manual transmission:
There is no clutch pedal in an automatic transmission car.
There is no gear shift in an automatic transmission car. Once you put the transmission into Drive, everything else is automatic!
Both the automatic transmission (plus its torque converter) and …
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…to third gear, or even overdrive, when you take your foot off the gas. Then when you accelerate out of the curve, they will downshift again. But if you were driving a manual transmission car, you would probably leave the car in the same gear the whole time. Some automatic transmissions with advanced control systems can detect this situation after you have gone around a couple of the curves, and "learn" not to upshift again.
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