Throughout history, humans have developed several simple machines to make work easier. The most notable of these are known as the "six simple machines": the wheel and axle, the lever, the inclined ...

What is a wheel and axle mechanism? A wheel and axle mechanism is a simple device you make when you connect one or more wheels to an axle. They are used to help things move. A wheel is a round ...

The AMC Model 20 rear axle was at one time a common component in Jeeps, some American Motors cars, and as IFS/IRS differentials in the Hummer H1. Easily identified by a round cover with 12 bolts ...

A pair of engineers and a historian have teamed up together to model the means by which the first use of the wheel may have happened. In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, Lee ...

Peterbilt Motors Company's Models 337 and 348 are now available in All-Wheel Drive versions in an effort to provide vocational customers with off-road versatility and maneuverability. "Peterbilt's ...

Find out how simple machines makes work easier on this Science Trek. Simple machines include the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, the pulley, the wheel and axle, and the screw. Combine these ...

In other words, more fun! In the Acura Sport Hybrid models, SH-AWD works a different way. Each rear wheel is driven by individual electric motor that produce power independently of each other. There ...

These models feature the Dynamic Performance Control system, an upgraded version of xDrive that can distribute torque between axles and the two wheels on the rear axle.

It isn’t easy, but there comes a time with everything when you just need to stop throwing good money after bad. The trick is to realize that pivotal point and a ...