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Originally Posted by InFlight
Axial Bearing Load = (Torque / radius avg) tan (45°) sin(45°)
= (Torque/0.463) (1) (.707)
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The argument to tangent is the pressure angle of the teeth, not the pitch cone angle. tan(20°) is around 0.36 resulting in a reduction in your figures by a factor of 3.