I've never understood why people think straight cut gears sound good... it sounds like metal being tortured to me
lomin wrote:
I am building an engine for my rally car, with est. 140- 150 hp. I have 2 sets of MED straight cut idlers, one with a broken tooth where they drill down into bearing area, and this hole is right at the bottom of 2 teeth, a lovely weak spot where there is a point of propagation for breakage. and the other set has a fair bit of wear on teeth, and done very little work.
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I now wish I hadnt, because I have had a few straight cut fail.
is this the kind of failure you experienced Lindsay? happened to a friends car a couple of weeks ago (ex-Grinter car at PI)
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