Single Planetary Gearset

The single planetary gear overdrive carrier is driven by the input shaft.

The single planetary gear set consists of:

• 1 sunwheel.
• 4 planetary gears meshing with the sunwheel.
• 1 planetary gear carrier.
• 1 ring gear.

Fig 1: Identifying Single Planetary Gearset Components

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