Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Dozers [VIDEO] How Caterpillar's Lock-up Torque Converter Works on Construction Equipment The Cat torque converter can provide up to three times the digging power ...

This exploded view of a torque converter calls out the important converter components. On the far right is the impeller (A) that uses input power from the engine to impart fluid motion to the turbine ...

Q. Likely, your writer (A.D., washboard problem with a 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, Auto Answers, Aug. 14) is experiencing a shudder of the lockup clutch in the torque converter. The fix is covered in ...

The combustion engine is bad at starting off. Because it first has to build up its power through speed, it cannot drive the wheels directly from the start, unlike an electric motor. In order to enable ...