Among the many tasks involved with restoring, or even just refurbishing, a classic car, some tend to be a bit more intimidating to D-I-Yers. Tackling a differential rebuild is certainly on that list ...

Every diesel truck on the road today has a differential and ring and pinion gear set in the rear axle. Four-wheel-drive trucks add a second set of gears and another differential to the front axle to ...

Before diving into the details of this 8.2-inch 10 diff build, we figure we should address a couple of questions that are sure to pop up. First of all, the 8.2-inch 10-bolt rearend came in Chevy and B ...

Gearheads often talk of limited-slip and locking differentials, but how do the "standard" mechanical diffs compare with ...

Installation of a ring and pinion gear set is not a job for an amateur, especially if that ring and pinion set is going to see high-performance usage, such as drag racing. Setting up such gears is a ...

As the How It Works series progresses, we edge closer and closer to a car's ultimate goal—which is, of course, to put power to the pavement. Lost month you learned about how a transmis-sion directs ...