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Re: Speedo drive gears Fri, 05 December 2003 03:27 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Norbie wrote on Fri, 05 December 2003 14:05

That's why I'm trying to find the actual formula to calculate the gear sizes you need.



oohh, you want actual numbers Wink yayy...

okay
find the rolling diameter of your tyres in m. (RD?)

find number of revolutions per km of the tyres (TR?),
TR=1000/RD

then multiply by the diff ratio (DR) to get driveshaft revs/km (DSR)
DSR=TR x DR

the speedo driven gear will be running at driveshaft revs.

now, to find speedo cable speed (SCS) you need to facter in the worm gear teeth (WGT) and driven gear teeth (DGT)

SCS = (DSR x WGT)/DGT
the SCS will be in revs/km, which should be printed on your speedo.

hth Very Happy
Cya, Stewart


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