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my old brain can't remember how to calculate the IR of a 2wd gearbox... can someone remind me??
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You need to devide the number of teeth on the diff gear by the number of teeth on the top shaft gear.
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ok, thanks, wasn't sure whether you have to take into count the idler gear
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As the idler gear is driven by the top shaft gear and then drives the diff gear it gets cancelled out in the calculations.
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