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   ocr: REAR DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL - HEN A CAR turns a comner, the wheels on the outside ofthe bend must turn HT faster than DRIVE those on the inside. This would SHAFT bei impossible if the engine turned one axle T linked to both wheels. So the engine drives a differential - aset of gears ENGINE that allows the power to be split between two half-shafts, each TO WHEEL driving one wheel. TO WHEEL CROWN GEAR HALF-SHAFT DRIVE GEAR SUN GEAR PLANET GEAR STRAIGHT AHEAD - - P - 4 - - - R - - oke - : - SEE DRIVE ALSO SHAFT TURNING A CORNER