06-04-2014, 09:42 AM
Hey Chris,
Don't go by Wikipedia. Their entries are constantly edited with the wrong information. The hydrostatic transmission doesn't have a torque converter, which became a maintenance headache for shop crews due to the heavy amounts of torque going to the drive shafts. The hydrostatic transmission is hydraulically operated with the same basic principle as the CVT transmission in many of today's cars (which uses belts for an even torque curve.
Don't go by Wikipedia. Their entries are constantly edited with the wrong information. The hydrostatic transmission doesn't have a torque converter, which became a maintenance headache for shop crews due to the heavy amounts of torque going to the drive shafts. The hydrostatic transmission is hydraulically operated with the same basic principle as the CVT transmission in many of today's cars (which uses belts for an even torque curve.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.