helical gears - Chief Delphi

26-03-2004, 20:15

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Re: helical gears

So vehicles only use helical gears for their compactness and lightness? Do any sort of high performance transmissions have spur gears for higher efficiency? Maybe the good lubrication car transmissions use make helical gears pretty close to spur gears in efficiency.

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