Pinion gear

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Mike in Maine
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Pinion gear

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Close up view of rusted gear. Wondering if it would be considered usable?
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AAholic
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Re: Pinion gear

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Assuming the bearings don't look like that, there are no missing or broken teeth and you don't intend to drive it every day it might last for years, I would think that it would be a bit noisy, generate some heat at tear up your pinion.
I had some splines silver soldered and recut on a final drive (motorcycle) and they're still in good shape several thousands of miles later, a simple matter compared to the set up on a spiral bevel gear (might as well make a new one at that point) but maybe some file work would suffice along with the solder.(I really don't know)
Either way it would be an interesting experiment though a lot of work.
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Chris Haynes
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Re: Pinion gear

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It looks like a ring gear to me.
KimVanOrder
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Re: Pinion gear

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Use it. Nothing ventured bla bla bla.
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Mike in Maine
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Re: Pinion gear

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Kinda what I was thinking. High speed ring gear.
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