At 19:10 23/11/98 -0600, Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>>Yup.  Just concerned about the helical gears.  The strait cut reverse gear
>>could care less which way it turns, but I think helical gears are
>>directional.  Any thoughts on this?
>
>Another comment about this: Rather than reversing the engine, simply flop
>the final drive, or, if the tranny case won't allow this without a lot of
>machining, turn the transmission up side down. The gears are still loaded
>the same direction, but the axles turn the other way.

This is what I though... is there any problems with lack of gear oil to
vital parts or leaking gear oil?

>Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu

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