Patent ID: 8165772

Claim:
A method of managing slip in a transmission that is driven by a prime mover, comprising: determining whether a slip condition of said transmission is present based on a slip value; determining a torque reduction value based on said slip value; reducing a torque output of said prime mover based on said torque reduction value; determining whether said slip condition is resolved by said reducing said torque output of said prime mover based on said torque reduction value; when said slip condition is resolved, storing said torque reduction value in an array, wherein said array includes N torque reduction values, wherein N is an integer equal to a number of gear ratios of said transmission, and wherein said N torque reduction values correspond to said N gear ratios of said transmission, respectively; comparing each of said N torque reduction values to a predetermined threshold; and identifying a faulty component within said transmission based on said comparison, wherein said faulty component includes a component associated with two or more of said N torque reduction values that are greater than said predetermined threshold.