Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/19/2001 9:46 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
In Reply to: oh good... i was right.
Posted by Anton Abaya on 1/19/2001 10:47 AM EST:
The terms "gearing down" and "gearing up" are not well
defined terms the way I look at life. They are almost
always used in a context sensitive manner.
When folks speak of gearing down something or gearing
up something, they have either torque or speed in mind.
Depending on whether they are thinking one or the
other they will use the different terms to refer to the
same physical system.
The thing to remember is that when you gear down the
speed you are gearing up the torque at the same time.
Thus the confusion.
Or maybe I am all wet on this one.
Joe J.