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Changing differential gear ration by using different pinion. -
12.08.2009, 05:12 AM
Could the beveled pinion used in say 1/8th scale diffs be changed to create a different gear ratio? Giving it is the same pitch.
I have some STRR diffs that are spiral cut and use a 13t spiral pinion and spiral cut ring gear. I picked up some 10t spiral cut GS Racing (Clearance) diff pinions. They didn't have the tooth count listed for the pinons, but $3 bucks a peice vs $15 a piece was chance I took. They seem to mesh fine with the strr ring gear. I think the # of teeth on the GS Racing ring and STRR are the same. Granted that the front and rear diffs would need the same gearing ratio.
Are there any issues I might be over looking?
Is it the ring gear that determines the pitch for the diffs?
Thinking silently but typing it in:
If the pinion came from another rc or manufacture the had the same amount of teeth on the ring gear:
Ofna
43/11
43/13
43/14
HPI
43/13
LST
43/13
H.B.
43/10
Pinions would be compatable as far as meshing goes,
but would the pinion from the:
HPI Hellfire
42/10
or
OFNA Ultra GTP
44/14
would those mesh okay with a 43t ring gear?
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