Thanks for asking that question Mark! I always wanted to know that myself.
Are straight cut stronger because of the amount of material at the base of
the teeth?
Dave W.
> OK racers,
> Can someone explain to me why all of the racers want to use Straight cut
> gears
> in their transmissions? Straight cut gears (or spur gears) apply the
> torque
> load to only one tooth on each gear at a time, where helical gears (such
> as
> are commonly used in manual transmissions) apply the torque load to two to
> three teeth at a time. Thus the helical gears have less of a tendency to
> get
> damaged, where the spur gears take a beating.
> So what's the attraction? (Plus straight cut gears are whiny!)
>
> Or is it just the way in which they are engaged, Dogs vs conical synchros?
>
>
> Mark Haynes
> It only goes one way-Pay it Forward
> HAN6L12977
> HAN5L8016
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