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    Fast Axles

    Nice pictures DiverDarrell, supporting your description. The 2:1 ratio results as described in post 75, and your description. The cross AXLE rotates half the speed of the fast gear rotation. The mistake is thinking normally about relative gear speed based on teeth number. This reduction does...
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    Fast Axles

    Guys, if Tom questions my logic, then I start questioning my logic. Maybe we should all question what we take as "facts". Do we know the ratio of the reduction hubs is 2:1? That picture of the two end gears and the intermediate gear show a count of teeth of 14 for the intermediate gear, and...
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    Fast Axles

    I should have added IMHO preceding my comments. I have been wrong before. :-) Thanks for pointing that out Tom.
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    Fast Axles

    Agree. The 2:1 ratio is that of 'diameter' to 'radius' and is constant. The actual diameter does not matter, nor does number of teeth. The teeth simply couple the "spider" gears to the end plates, allow them to transfer torque, and could be any size.
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