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How Gears Work
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If a device has a motor, engine or spring, it probably has gears! But what do gears do, exactly, and how do they do it?
How Gear Ratios Work
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You see gears in just about anything that has spinning parts — car engines, transmissions, electric toothbrushes... Learn what these gears are doing and get to the bottom of the "gear ratio" concept!
Transmission Quiz
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A car's transmission enables the engine to provide a wide range of output speeds — without it, you'd be limited to just one gear. But how much do you know about this vital piece of automotive hardware? Test your knowledge of both automatic and manual transmissions by taking this quiz!