GKenworthy
Automotive
Hi, I'm designing a limited slip Salisbury (clutch-pack) differential and I'm having trouble with my gear calculations. It seems that the AGMA gear calculations that I'm taking from Mechanical Engineering Design (Shigley) are predicting that I need gears that are far larger than what I know is okay. I've got some rough dimensions for a similar differential that's capable of taking significantly more torque than I require and when I use its data I find that the AGMA method predicts that the gears should fail.
Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could look for some better or more accurate calculations I can try? Thanks very much!!