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Old 07-22-08, 02:39 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Location: Wishing to construct from scratch body and possibly chassis...
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Re: Who can cut crown and pinion gears?

I got a quote from an Australian transaxle manufacturer and they wanted $6000. Just a tad out of my budget i would say :-) Just curious though, i found a thread discussed an American who had designed a transaxle for sale around the 11k, he had some heart issues and disappeared. Anyhow he had 'Quick Change gears' in his box to quickly change ratios and thus oogle revealed that this is done also with diff housings. In theory i could make a quick change housing attached to the front of the differential which would allow the diff to face the wrong direction and thus due to the gearset would still mesh correctly.
Would these quick change gears handle this power and torque in this application, who uses these, what diffs come with them (i seen a pic of a diff prebuilt with this set up for some sort of racing or hotord).
Any comments, thanks....
Jonesy
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