Is this a short story?

Sorry I took so long to reply, my Easter lillies are about to bloom and they needed feeding.

Short story, oh heel no. The mistakes I'm making just keep on coming. I'll tell us some over a beer at the base.

Remind me to never tell Gary about my copper secrets. Loose lips, ya know.

How did you do that?

Four speed uses different reverse helix gear. But then, you already learned that. 

Like I always say... I didn’t learn all this sh(tuff) by doing it right the first time.

Go figure....except the SMOD.

So odd trans gears use right hand?
and even gears use left hand?

Last edited by Nos681 (2/20/2021 8:03 PM)

Even factory sensor uses a gear to produce the pulses.

Bearing Bob wrote:

Nos681 wrote:

Go figure....except the SMOD.

So odd trans gears use right hand?
and even gears use left hand?

Autos use right gears, manuals used left gears.

???

MS wrote:

Bearing Bob wrote:

Nos681 wrote:

Go figure....except the SMOD.

So odd trans gears use right hand?
and even gears use left hand?

Autos use right gears, manuals used left gears.

???

Right or left hand twist/rotation gears. The yellow gear below is a right hand twist. As far as automatic and manual transmissions, my knowledge is limited to fmx and AOD use right hand twist gears and toploaders use left hand twist.

Nos681 wrote:

Bearing Bob wrote:

MS wrote:

???

Right or left hand twist/rotation gears. The yellow gear below is a right hand twist. As far as automatic and manual transmissions, my knowledge is limited to fmx and AOD use right hand twist gears and toploaders use left hand twist.

T5 (5 speed) uses right hand too like C4’s(3 speed).

Hence the question about odd and even number of gears in transmission.
What is required in 6 speeds with mechanical output?

Drive gears that I know of are 6 or 8 tooth. I currently run a 6 tooth. Driven gears are 17, 18, 20, 21 and the non-ford 23. Driven gears come in LH or RH configurations. My driven gear is 17 which is the closest I can get with my 3.55 gearing.

The T5 driven gear engages with the top of the drive gear. I suspect the Top Loader engages with the bottom, hence the difference in direction (LH or RH) That's all I know.

 

West Coast Classic Cougars is has em all also.

Bullet Bob wrote:

AOD and, I believe, C4 are seven tooth.  The 4R70W is 8 tooth and requires me to use a 23 tooth driven gear with the 3.55's 

The 4R70W was available with a 7 tooth output shaft also. Using that lets you not have to use the 23 tooth gear ... its not a Ford part, from a Jeep I think. It has a very short life when used in a Ford. The teeth don't mesh correctly.
I probably should'a mentioned it when your box was apart.
I'm gunna use an electric or GPS speedo to avoid the 23 tooth.

Last edited by 50vert (2/21/2021 5:00 PM)

Thanks guys...yeah, I heard that the 23 tooth doesn't last too long...bought two.  Might have bought that output with the seven tooth speedo gear, Barry, if I had known about it.  We'll see, that may be the incentive to move to that really nice Dakota Digital cluster that Don was bragging about.  So far that's the only aftermarket setup that I really like.

BB1

Last edited by Bullet Bob (2/21/2021 6:42 PM)