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26-03-2004, 18:44

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Re: helical gears

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Anyway what are hypoid gears? Just a question since we are talking about helical gears.

Hypoid gears are the helical version of bevel gears. If you've ever taken apart a differential, the pinion hypoid comes off of the drive shaft and the ring hypoid gear meshes with it inside of the differential.

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