>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:16:32 -0500
>To: laifman@flash.net
>From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Gear Ratios Speedometer gear eyeballed
>
>At 03:02 PM 3/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>Jim,
>>
>>While your in there counting teeth on Top Loaders, would you
>>have a look at that helical speedo drive gear and tell us
>>whether it is directly on the output shaft, or gear driven
>>from it. Can you tell how many teeth? Do you see a
>>difference between the close and wide ratio, or know if
>>there is a difference between the Tiger versions and the
>>other Ford runs?
>>
>>I am not even that certain of the material of the gear,
>>although I believe it is steel against the nylon speedo
>>cable gear.
>>
>>Steve
> Just counted the teeth. On the HEH CF ( the wide
>ratio Tiger II transmission) there are 7 teeth . The
>gear appears to be a white plastic. It is directly
>on the output shaft.
> Previously I did note that the teeth of the HEH CF driven
>gear are much courser than the SROD driven gear. The SROD
>driven gear had 22 teeth an the HEH CF had (15 to 17? can't find
>it at the moment). I assume that with finer teeth the SROD
>drive gear has more than 7 teeth on it.
>
>
>
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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