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Straight Cut Gears

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:11 am
by valleycommando
As anyone experience of fitting "straight cut" primary gears ? is there an improvement in performance etc , and what would be the disadvantages if any.

Re: Straight Cut Gears

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:41 am
by Jordan
The stated advantage is less friction from side thrust induced by helical cut gears. The trade-off is more noise. It seems like a lot of expense for a little gain in efficiency.

Jordan