At 09:51 AM 12/5/2007, Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette wrote... >I still can't really tell what the Thompson is. Looks like a U joint >with >some extra bits that I can't decipher. That photo of all the pieces >just >looks like a lot of pieces to me, I can't see how they go together. > >Anyone able to describe it simply? I think it's basically two Cardan joints ("U" joints), one inside the other, so when one is accelerating, the other is decelerating. |
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