Gear Types

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Joe_Widen

Well I figured it out. Its a helical gear and the reason they use them is because there is more surface area in contact allowing to transfer more torque. The down side is they are a very little less efficient.

I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about. neither 254 nor 968 used anything other than plain old spur gears in our drivetrain.

There are two possibilities to what you're seeing.

1) It's an optical illusion

2) (the more likely reason) SDP sent us gearstock with messed up teeth. They were slanted in multiple directions. The shop that made the gears for us did everything concentric to the teeth of the gear, and as such, they wobble slightly. You're probably looking at the gear when it's in the part of it's rotation that throws it off center the most.