The differential carrier assembly also includes a pinion having a pinion gear in meshing engagement with the ring gear and a spigot positioned on a differential axis side of the pinion gear. A pinion shaft is positioned on a side of the pinion gear opposite from the spigot.
What is a pinched nerve? A pinched nerve is the name given to the uncomfortable sensation, pain, or numbness caused when increased pressure leads to irritation or damage to a peripheral nerve (A peripheral nerve is one that is outside the brain and spinal cord.).
Put a straw in your fist. Now squeeze. Youâll notice not much is able to pass through the straw. This is, essentially, what is happening in your spine when you have a pinched nerve. Your spinal cord or nerves (the straw) are being squeezed because of the impinging by bone/and or disc material.