[Fot] Crown and pinion gear break in

[John Styduhar]

The light bulb came on for me and I know understand the setup.  Thanks
everyone.


On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 3:16 PM Chris Marx via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Maybe something to know about Diffs:
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> On Triumphs, these days are two different types of gear available:
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>    1. Gleason gears
>    2. Oerlikon gears
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> The workshop manual is referring to Gleason gear type. If you got an
> Oerlikon type of gear (the more modern one), and you try to set it up with
> the Workshop manual, then the gear will fail.
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> This is because, that the contact pattern, which is shown in the manual,
> is mirrored at an Oerlikon type.
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> So most Oerlikons die of wrong contact pattern, with the pinion too deep
> in the Crown wheel, almost touching the carrier.
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> Cheers
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> Chris
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