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Here is how a differential looks like inside

 

differential

Before you ask, yes, I do have that differential in my living room.

1 flange (attaches to drive shaft)

2 pinion gear

3 spider gears

4 ring gear

5 left axle shaft

6 right axle shaft

Differential locks?

who invented the differential? 

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